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Association between LDLR polymorphism and diseases in the Japanese population: aging and distribution of the polymorphism.
Forensic science international - 11 Sept 2000
Hara M, Takada A, Ro A, Saito K, Kido A
Abstract excerpt
A number of DNA polymorphisms have been found to be associated with the pathophysiology of some common disease. If the LDLR polymorphism is directly or indirectly related to some fatal disease, the distribution of the polymorphism may vary with age. We therefore investigated the aging-associated distribution of the LDLR polymorphism. Blood samples were collected from Japanese cadavers (aged 0-91) at autopsy. The...
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