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[Is there an interaction between sleep-disordered breathing, depression and apolipoprotein E phenotype?].
L'Encephale - 1 Jan 2000
Lemoine P, Sassolas A, Lestra C, Laforest L, Chamba G
Abstract excerpt
Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is widely underdiagnosed among adults. However, SDB may be considered as a public health problem because of clinical consequences for the patient: impaired awake performance, increased risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and increased prevalence of depression. Apolipoprotein E (apoE), a protein involved in lipid metabolism, has 3 major alleles e2, e3 and e4. Recently, it has...
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