High Levels of Lp(a) With a Small Apo(a) Isoform Are Associated With Coronary Artery Disease in African American and White Men
- 1 December 2000
- journal article
- other
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
- Vol. 20 (12), 2619-2624
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.atv.20.12.2619
Abstract
—Elevated levels of lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] and the presence of small isoforms of apolipoprotein(a) [apo(a)] have been associated with coronary artery disease (CAD) in whites but not in Afri...Keywords
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