Apolipoprotein E polymorphism has no independent effect on plasma levels of lipoprotein(a)

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 243-248

  Ritter, Michael Matthias ^a   Gewitsch, Juri ^a   Richter, Werner O ^a   Geiss, Hans C ^a   Wildner, Manfred W ^b   Schwandt, Peter ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E; Genetic polymorphism; LDL cholesterol concentration; Lipoprotein(a); Triglyceride concentration

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN C; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIPOPROTEIN(A); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0030958543     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(97)06105-4     Document Type: Article

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