Serum lipoprotein (a) concentrations among Arab children: A hospital-based study in Kuwait

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 243-248

  Alsaeid, Mayra ^a   Alsaeid, Khaled ^a   Fatania, H R ^a   Sharma, Prem N ^a   Abd Elsalam, Randa ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KUWAIT; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PEDIATRICS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031786131     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1998.11747954     Document Type: Article

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