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Association of CETP polymorphisms with the risk of vascular dementia and white matter lesions.
Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) - 1 Apr 2009
Qureischie H, Heun R, Popp J, Jessen F, Maier W, Schmitz S, Hentschel F, Kelemen P, Kölsch H
Abstract excerpt
Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP), a component of the high density lipoprotein (HDL), plays a central role in reverse cholesterol transport. We investigated the association of two putative functional CETP polymorphisms (C-629A and I405V) with the risk of vascular dementia (VD) and tested if this association is influenced by the presence of APOE4 allele. Our study included 163 VD patients (mean age: 74.25...
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