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Apolipoprotein epsilon alleles in sporadic inclusion body myositis: a reappraisal.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Feb 2008
Needham Merrilee, Hooper Amanda, James Ian, van Bockxmeer Frank, Corbett Alastair, Day Timothy, Garlepp Michael J, Mastaglia Frank L
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have differed as to whether APOE epsilon4 is a susceptibility factor for developing sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM), with a positive association being found only in an Australian cohort of cases. We have now re-examined this in a larger cohort of 57 sIBM cases and have also carried out a meta-analysis of all the published studies looking for evidence of a risk association or effect of...
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