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Apolipoprotein epsilon 2/3 genotype and type III hyperlipoproteinemia among Taiwanese.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 1 Apr 2003
Lin Hsing-Pei, Kao Jau-Tsuen
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Type III hyperlipoproteinemia (HLP) is a genetic disorder of lipid metabolism in humans that predisposes affected subjects to the premature development of atherosclerosis. Most type III HLP occurs in homozygous carriers of apolipoprotein (apo) E2. The aims of this study were to determine the frequencies of different apo E genotypes in type III HLP in Taiwanese and to assess the possibility of apo E...
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