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Lack of association of lipoprotein lipase gene polymorphisms with coronary artery disease in the Saudi Arab population.
Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine - 1 May 2003
Abu-Amero Khaled K, Wyngaard Carol A, Al-Boudari Olyan M, Kambouris Marios, Dzimiri Nduna
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CONTEXT: Previous studies reported an association of certain polymorphisms in the lipoprotein lipase (LPL) gene with the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD); however, these studies were small and inconsistent. In addition, none of these studies attempted to establish such an association in the Arab population. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether 2 LPL polymorphisms (LPL-HindIII and LPL-PvuII located on introns 8...
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