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Quantitative assessment of the effect of hepatic lipase gene polymorphism on the risk of coronary heart disease.
Archives of medical research - 1 Jul 2010
Wang HaiRong, Jiang Mei, Qiu JianPing
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The human hepatic lipase (LIPC) is a glycoprotein member of the lipase superfamily that has attracted considerable attention as a candidate gene for coronary heart disease (CHD) based on its enzyme function as a key factor in lipoprotein catabolism pathways. In the past decade, a number of case-control studies have been carried out to investigate the relationship between the LIPC...
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