Differences in Lp[a] concentrations and apo[a] polymorphs between black and white Americans

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2569-2585

  Marcovina, Santica M ^a   Albers, John J ^a   Wijsman, Ellen ^b,c   Zhang, ZuHui ^a,d   Chapman, Nicola H ^b   Kennedy, Hal ^a  

^a Northwest Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apo a allele; Apo a phenotype; Apolipoprotein a ; ELISA; Gel electrophoresis; Immunoblotting; Lipoprotein a ; Racial differences

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; LIPOPROTEIN A;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISULFIDE BOND; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEINS A; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEIN(A); MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030451016     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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