Elevated lipoprotein(a) levels in South Asians in North America

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 182-184

  Anand, Sonia S ^a   Enas, Enas A ^b   Pogue, Janice ^b   Haffner, Steven ^b   Pearson, Thomas ^b   Yusuf, Salim ^b  

^a McMaster Clinic   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY RISK; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 0031882048     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(98)90217-7     Document Type: Article

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