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Paraoxonase gene polymorphism in south-western Korean population.
Journal of Korean medical science - 1 Aug 2009
Shin Byoung-Soo
Abstract excerpt
Paraoxonase (PON) has anti-atherogenic activity. Considering the important role of polymorphism in the genetic susceptibility to cardiovascular disease and the variability of its allele frequencies in different ethnic groups, the distribution of genotypes and allele frequencies of PON1M55L, PON1Q192R, PON2A148G, and PON2S311C polymorphisms was analyzed in a total 988 South-western Koreans and determined their...
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