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Apolipoprotein E polymorphism in Northern Indian patients with coronary heart disease: phenotype distribution and relation to serum lipids and lipoproteins.
Molecular and cellular biochemistry - 1 Mar 2002
Luthra Kalpana, Bharghav Balram, Chabbra Shivani, Das Nibhriti, Misra Anoop, Agarwal Dharam P, Pandey Ravindra M, Srivastava L M
Abstract excerpt
Apolipoprotein E (apo E), a genetic determinant of plasma lipid levels and coronary heart disease (CHD) needs to be investigated in Asian Indians since they have a propensity to develop dyslipidemia and accelerated atherosclerosis. We studied apo E phenotypes and plasma lipid levels in 52 Northern Indian male patients (aged 38-71 years) with angiographically proven CHD, and compared them to 50 healthy blood...
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