Effects of increased body weight and short-term weight loss on serum PCSK9 levels – a prospective pilot study

INTRODUCTION: Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) is associated with low-density lipoprotein (LDL) catabolism, but its serum concentration is not uniformly associated with cardiovascular disease in clinical studies. Obesity is linked with increased cardiovascular risk, but the effe...

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Autores principales: Filippatos, Theodosios D, Liberopoulos, Evangelos, Georgoula, Maria, Tellis, Constantinos C, Tselepis, Alexandros D, Elisaf, Moses
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2017
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Clinical Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5728080/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29242844
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/amsad.2017.70502

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5728080/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29242844
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/amsad.2017.70502

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