Elevated Lipoprotein(a) and Premature Coronary Heart Disease

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 277, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 209-

  Maher, Vincent M G ^a   Brown, B Greg ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTITHROMBIN III; CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; NICOTINIC ACID; THROMBIN;

BLOOD; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMAN; NOTE; RISK FACTOR; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHORESIS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THROMBOGENESIS;

CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEIN(A); RISK FACTORS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 0031022175     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1997.03540270035011     Document Type: Letter

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