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Association between apolipoprotein E polymorphism and macroalbuminuria in patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus.
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association - 1 Sept 1999
Ha S K, Park H S, Kim K W, Kim S J, Kim D H, Kim J H, Lee H Y, Han D S
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OBJECTIVES: Apolipoprotein E (apo E) is known to play an important role in lipoprotein metabolism through its ability to bind to the receptors as a ligand. Three different apo E alleles (epsilon2, epsilon3 and epsilon4) produce six apo E genotypes (epsilon2/2, epsilon2/3, epsilon2/4, epsilon3/3, epsilon3/4 and epsilon4/4). The objective of this study was to investigate an association between apo E gene...
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