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Relevance of apolipoprotein E polymorphism for coronary artery disease in the Saudi population.
Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine - 1 Dec 1999
Dzimiri N, Meyer B F, Hussain S S, Basco C, Afrane B, Halees Z
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BACKGROUND: The apolipoprotein E alleles epsilon2 and epsilon4 have been reported as independent risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD) and as predictors for the development of atherosclerosis. METHODS AND RESULTS: We determined by polymerase chain reaction the distribution of apolipoprotein E polymorphism in 320 Saudi blood donors (BD), 96 CAD patients, and 40 control subjects who had undergone...
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