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Medical utility of apoe allele determination in assessing the need for antioxidant therapy.
Medical hypotheses - 1 Mar 2001
Dreon D M, Peroutkal S J
Abstract excerpt
The APOE varepsilon4 allele is associated with a variety of conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, coronary artery disease, stroke and postoperative cognitive dysfunction. The common pathophysiological feature that appears to explain these positive clinical associations with APOE varepsilon4 allele may relate to the decreased endogenous anti-oxidant capability of an individual. A significant body of existing...
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