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The poliovirus receptor related 2 (PRR2) and apolipoprotein E genes and coronary heart disease.
Journal of cardiovascular risk - 1 Feb 2002
Freitas Elizabeth M, Phan Tony C A, Herbison Carly E, Christiansen Frank T, Taylor Roger R, Van Bockxmeer Frank M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recently, we localized the Human Poliovirus Receptor Related 2 Gene (PRR2) 17kb centromeric to the gene for apolipoprotein E (APOE). Common polymorphisms in the latter have been found, in some studies, to be related to coronary heart disease (CHD) but the PRR2 gene has not been studied in this context. Here, we examined relationships between a PRR2 Sau96I (A/G) polymorphism, the epsilon2, 3 and 4...
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