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Common cholesteryl ester transfer protein mutations, decreased HDL cholesterol, and possible decreased risk of ischemic heart disease: The Copenhagen City Heart Study.
Circulation - 31 Oct 2000
Agerholm-Larsen B, Tybjaerg-Hansen A, Schnohr P, Steffensen R, Nordestgaard B G
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BACKGROUND: Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) mediates the transfer of cholesteryl ester from HDL in exchange for triglycerides in apolipoprotein B-containing lipoproteins. METHODS AND RESULTS: We studied 2 common mutations in CETP, A373P and R451Q, in 8467 healthy women and men from the...
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