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Role of lipid, apolipoprotein levels and apolipoprotein E genotype in young Italian patients with myocardial infarction.
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD - 1 Jun 1999
Scaglione L, Bergerone S, Gambino R, Imazio M, Macchia G, Cravetto A, Gaschino G, Baralis G, Rosettani E, Pagano G, Cassader M
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BACKGROUND AND AIM: Studies of young patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have demonstrated that conventional risk factors are usually responsible for their premature atherosclerosis. No account has yet been published of the risk profile of young Italians surviving an AMI. In this study, the conventional risk factors, lipids and apolipoproteins, and apolipoprotein E (APOE) allele distribution were...
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