Lipoprotein (a): More than a bystander in the etiology of hypertension? A study on essential hypertensive patients not yet on treatment

Journal of Nephropathology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-70

  Ghorbani, Ali ^a   Rafieian Kopaei, Mahmoud ^b   Nasri, Hamid ^b  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Essential hypertension; Lipoprotein (a); Renal failure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874738344     PISSN: 22518363     EISSN: 22518819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/nephropathol.9092     Document Type: Article

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