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British Medical Bulletin 46:873-890 (1990)
© 1990 The British Council

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The Apo(a) gene: Structure/function relationships and the possible link with thrombotic atheromatous disease

A Rees, A Bishop and R Morgan

Department Of Medicine, Universty of Wales College of Medicine Heath Park, Cardiff

Abstract

The last 25 years have witnessed an exponential increase of interest in the lipoprotein Lp(a). The structure of the gene encoding for its unique apo protein, Apo(a) has been determined resulting in possible structure/function relationships which may explain the close association between elevated levels of Lp(a) and atheromatous vascular disease. These findings may have profound therapeutic implications for the future treatment of the hyperlipidaemias and hypercholesterolaemia in particular.


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