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Polymorphism of apolipoprotein E (APOE) and lipoprotein lipase (LPL) genes and ischaemic stroke in individuals of Yakut ethnicity.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Apr 2007
Parfenov Michael G, Nikolaeva Tatyana Y, Sudomoina Marina A, Fedorova Sardana A, Guekht Alla B, Gusev Eugene I, Favorova Olga O
Abstract excerpt
There is evidence that most forms of ischaemic stroke (IS) result from synergistic effects of the modifiable predisposing factors and multiple genes. In the present work, we report results of case-control study of IS association with apolipoprotein E gene (APOE) (promoter and coding polymorphisms) and lipoprotein lipase gene (LPL) (presence/absence of a HindIII cutting site). We studied 107 unrelated patients of...
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