Genetic control of lipoprotein(a) concentrations is different in Africans and Caucasians

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 169-178

  Scholz, Michael ^a   Kraft, Hans Georg ^b   Lingenhel, Arnulf ^b   Delport, Rhena ^c   Vorster, Esté H ^d   Bickeböller, Heike ^a   Utermann, Gerd ^b,e  

^a Inst F Med Stat und Epidemiol   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e Inst for Med Biol and Hum Genet   (Austria)

Author keywords

Africans; Apolipoprotein(a); Caucasians; Family analysis; Heritability; Lipoprotein(a); Quantitative genetic trait; Sibpair analysis

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A; LIPOPROTEIN A;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 6Q; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION GENETIC PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS;

EID: 0033058188     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200290     Document Type: Article

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