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Interactions of functional apolipoprotein E gene promoter polymorphisms with smoking on aortic atherosclerosis.
Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics - 1 Dec 2008
Viiri Leena E, Viiri Keijo M, Ilveskoski Erkki, Huhtala Heini, Mäki Markku, Tienari Pentti J, Perola Markus, Lehtimäki Terho, Karhunen Pekka J
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BACKGROUND: Apolipoprotein E gene (APOE) interacts with environmental factors in defining risk for atherosclerosis. We studied whether the APOE epsilon2/epsilon3/epsilon4 genotype or APOE promoter polymorphisms -219G/T and +113G/C might interact with smoking on the development of fatty streaks. W...
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