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Distribution of apolipoprotein E alleles in the Omani population.
Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre - 1 Jan 2000
Al-Yahyaee Said Ali S, Al-Kindi Mohammed Nasser, Al-Bahrani Ali Hassan
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the apolipoprotein E (apo E) allele distribution in the Omani population and to compare them with those of other populations. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: One hundred and sixty-two healthy Omanis of Arab Bedouin origin were genotyped by polymerase chain reaction followed by restriction fragment length polymorphism. RESULTS: The apo E allele frequencies were: epsilon2, 0.052; epsilon3, 0.886;...
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