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The effect of six polymorphisms in the Apolipoprotein B gene on parameters of lipid metabolism in a Danish population.
Clinical genetics - 1 Feb 2002
Bentzen J, Jørgensen T, Fenger M
Abstract excerpt
Lipoproteins are vehicles for the distribution of plasma lipids and polymorphisms in the genes for apolipoproteins could influence the amount of lipid in plasma. We examined the effect of six single nucleotide polymorphisms in codons 71, 591, 2488, 2712, 3611, and 4154 of the apolipoprotein B gene on fasting levels of triglyceride, VLDL-, LDL-, HDL- and total cholesterol and on body mass index (BMI) in a cohort...
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