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Apo B gene haplotype is associated with lipid profile of higher risk for coronary heart disease in Caucasian Brazilian men.
Journal of clinical laboratory analysis - 1 Jan 2001
Machado M O, Hirata M H, Bertolami M C, Hirata R D
Abstract excerpt
We investigated using haplotype analysis whether genetic variation of the apo B gene is associated with a higher risk for coronary heart disease in a Brazilian population. Ins/Del, XbaI, and EcoRI polymorphic sites of the apolipoprotein B (apo B) gene were studied in 67 patients with CHD and in 67 age-matched healthy individuals selected from a population of Brazilians. The allelic frequency of apo B...
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