Lipoprotein(a) levels in obese Portuguese children and adolescents: contribution of the pentanucleotide repeat (TTTTA)n polymorphism in the apolipoprotein(a) gene

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009 Apr;163(4):393-4. doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.17.

Authors

Henrique Nascimento¹, Letíicia Silva, Pedro Lourenço, Emíilia Vieira, Rosário Dos Santos, Carla Rego, Helena Ferreira, Alexandre Quintanilha, Alice Santos-Silva, Luíis Belo

Affiliation

¹ Departamento de Bioquíimica, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal. [email protected]

PMID: 19349573
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.17

No abstract available

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Age Distribution
Apolipoproteins A / genetics*
Child
Child, Preschool
Cohort Studies
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease / epidemiology*
Humans
Incidence
Lipoprotein(a) / genetics*
Lipoprotein(a) / metabolism
Male
Microsatellite Repeats
Obesity / epidemiology
Obesity / genetics*
Polymorphism, Genetic*
Portugal / epidemiology
Probability
Sensitivity and Specificity
Sex Distribution
Statistics, Nonparametric

Substances

Apolipoproteins A
Lipoprotein(a)