Lipoprotein(a) levels in obese portuguese children and adolescents: Contribution of the pentanucleotide repeat (TTTTA)n polymorphism in the apolipoprotein(a) gene

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 393-394

  Nascimento, Henrique ^a   Silva, Licentiate Letícia ^b   Lourenço, Pedro ^b   Vieira, Emília ^b   Santos, Rosário Dos ^b   Rego, Carla ^b   Ferreira, Helena ^b   Quintanilha, Alexandre ^b   Santos Silva, Alice ^b   Belo, Luís ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A; LIPOPROTEIN A;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; OBESITY; PENTANUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APOLIPOPROTEINS A; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIPOPROTEIN(A); MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PORTUGAL; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 64349104512     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.17     Document Type: Review

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