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A protective role of a cholesteryl ester transfer protein gene variant towards ischaemic stroke in Sardinians.
Journal of internal medicine - 1 Nov 2007
Quarta G, Stanzione R, Evangelista A, Zanda B, Sciarretta S, Di Angelantonio E, Marchitti S, Di Murro D, Volpe M, Rubattu S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) plays a key role in the metabolism of high-density lipoprotein (HDL), a strong, inverse, independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. We sought to investigate the relationship between a common variant of CETP gene, the Taq1 B polymorphism, that has been previously associated with CETP blood concentrations, and the risk of ischaemic stroke in a...
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