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Association between apolipoprotein E genotypes and cancer risk in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Cancer detection and prevention - 1 Jan 2000
Liestøl K, Kvittingen E A, Rootwelt H, Dunlop O, Goplen A K, Pedersen J C, Brorson S H, Børresen-Dale A L, Myrvang B, Maehlen J
Abstract excerpt
The apolipoprotein E (apoE) genotype was determined in 197 deceased acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients treated at Ullevaal Hospital in Oslo, Norway. A full autopsy had been performed on all. Cancer had developed in 71 individuals, mainly lymphomas (46) and Kaposi's sarcomas (18). The apoE genotype distribution was consistent with Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, and allele frequencies were in the...
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