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Apolipoprotein E polymorphism in Saudis.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Dec 2004
Al-Khedhairy Abdulaziz A
Abstract excerpt
Apolipoprotein E (apoE) genotypes were determined in 165 Saudis. The prevalence of genotype, E3/E3, E3/E4 and E4/E4 was found to be 71, 27 and 2% respectively. The E3/E3 was the most prevalent genotype among the Saudis followed by E3/E4. However, other genotypes E2/E2, E2/E3 and E2/E4 were absent showing the absence of E2 allele in the test population. The high frequencies of the E3 allele (0.845) and E3/E3...
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