Diverse effect of ethnicity on plasma lipoprotein[a] levels in heterozygote patients with familial hypercholesterolemia.
Plasma lipids, lipoproteins, and lipoprotein[a] (Lp[a]) levels were determined in 216 members of 14 families with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). Ninety-nine subjects harbored a mutant low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor allele as confirmed by molecular genetic analysis. Four different mutant...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
1991-09-01
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Series: | Journal of Lipid Research |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520419182 |