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epsilon3epsilon4 genotype as risk factor of myocardial infarction in middle-aged people in Spain.
Disease markers - 1 Jan 2005
Garcés Carmen, Maicas Carolina, Grande Rosario, Benavente Mercedes, Viturro Enrique, Cano Beatriz, López Dolores, de Oya Manuel
Abstract excerpt
Apolipoprotein E (apoE) plays an important role in lipid metabolism. Its epsilon4 allele has been consistently associated with lipoprotein disorders but its connection to myocardial infarction (MI) is controversial. Because epsilon4 frequency decreases with age we thought that the contradictory r...
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