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Apolipoprotein e4 allele and the risk of CAD death in type 2 diabetes mellitus with ischaemia electrocardiographic change.
Diabetes research and clinical practice - 1 Jun 2005
Guang-da Xiang, Xiang-Jiu Yang, Lin-Shuang Zhao, Zhi-Song Chen, Yu-Sheng He
Abstract excerpt
The presence of apolipoprotein (Apo) e4 allele is reported to be associated with the increased risk of coronary artery disease (CAD), as well as the impairment of endothelium-dependent arterial dilation in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Therefore, we hypothesized that Apo e4 allele increases the death risk from coronary artery disease in type 2 diabetes with ischaemia electrocardiographic change. From January 1993 to...
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