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Cord blood apolipoprotein-E genotype distribution and plasma lipid indices in newborns of different ethnicity.
Annals of human biology - 1 Jan 2000
Brouwer D A, Mulder H, Fokkens B, Ramsewak S, Muskiet F A, Ramdath D D
Abstract excerpt
We hypothesized that apolipoprotein-E (apo-E) genotypes would be associated with plasma lipid indices in newborns of South Asian (SA) ancestry but not in newborns of African (Afr) ancestry. Cord blood was obtained by consecutive sampling at maternity hospitals in the Caribbean Islands of Trinidad and Curaçao. Apolipoprotein-E genotypes, cholesterol, triglycerides, apo-A, apo-B and Lipoprotein (a) (Lp(a)) were...
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