The mysterious lipoprotein(a) is still good for a surprise

The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 170-172

  Lamina, Claudia ^a   Kronenberg, Florian ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN A;

COPY NUMBER VARIATION; GENE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KRINGLE IV TYPE 2 GENE; LETTER; LPA GENE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; BLOOD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GENETICS;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEIN(A);

EID: 84885947936     PISSN: 22138587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-8587(13)70085-8     Document Type: Letter

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