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Distribution of apolipoprotein E alleles in a Scottish healthy newborn population.
Biology of the neonate - 1 Jan 2005
Becher J-C, Bell J E, McIntosh N, Keeling J W
Abstract excerpt
The different alleles of the human apolipoprotein E polymorphism, ApoE epsilon2, epsilon3, epsilon4, have important implications for systemic lipid metabolism, immunological function and for the brain in maintenance and in response to injury. Few studies have focussed on their role in early life. The ApoE alleles and genotypes were ascertained in the cord blood of 371 full-term and normal Scottish newborn infants...
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