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Abstract
Lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a), is a lipoprotein having lipid composition similar to that of LDL, but a protein moiety consisting of ApoB 100 linked by disulfide bridge to apo(a), a glycoprotein with structural similarity to plasminogen. Lp(a) can be both atherogenic and thrombogenic. These two actions are likely to be mutually operative, a fact that on a molar basis makes Lp(a) more of a cardiovascular pathogen than LDL.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1387094 DOI: 10.1007/bf00145354
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Epidemiol ISSN: 0393-2990 Impact factor: 8.082