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Apolipoprotein E polymorphism in Southern Iran: E4 allele in the lowest reported amounts.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Dec 2008
Bazrgar Masood, Karimi Mehran, Fathzadeh Mohsen, Senemar Sara, Peiravian Farah, Shojaee Ashraf, Saadat Mostafa
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BACKGROUND: Apolipoprotein E (apoE) with three major alleles E2, E3 and E4 is one of the critical genes in lipid metabolism. Common apoE alleles are in association with an increase in risk for central nervous and cardiovascular diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, dementia, multiple sclerosis, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, hyperlipoproteinemia and stroke. ApoE3 is known as the most frequent allele in...
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