Lipoprotein (a) concentrations in patients with various dyslipidaemias

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 305-309

  Elisaf, Moses S ^a   Bairaktari, Eleni Th ^a   Tzallas, Christos S ^a   Siamopoulos, Kostas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dyslipidaemia; Hypercholesterolaemia; Hypertriglyceridaemia; Hypoalphalipoproteinaemia; Lipoprotein (a)

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN A; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; HYPOLIPOPROTEINEMIA; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030821396     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853899708999352     Document Type: Article

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