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Is the ApoE polymorphism associated with dilated cardiomyopathy?
General physiology and biophysics - 1 Mar 2006
Jurkovicova D, Goncalvesova E, Sedlakova B, Hudecova S, Fabian J, Krizanova O
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Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) is 34 kDa protein involved in the modulation of cholesterol transport and homeostasis. Polymorphism of the ApoE gene has been implicated in many chronic cardiovascular and neuronal diseases. ApoE epsilon4 allele has been reported to be associated with increased risk of cardiovascular diseases such as myocardial infarction, hypertension, coronary heart disease, etc. Fifty patients with the...
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