Article
Apolipoprotein E phenotype frequency in type II diabetic patients with different forms of hyperlipoproteinemia.
Hormone and metabolic research = Hormon- und Stoffwechselforschung = Hormones et metabolisme - 1 Nov 1990
Parhofer K G, Richter W O, Schwandt P
Abstract excerpt
Atherosclerosis is the main cause of death in diabetes mellitus. This may at least in part be due to lipoprotein abnormalities which have been described in these patients. Apolipoprotein-E is a component of most lipoprotein fractions and plays an important role in the catabolism of VLDL. The different apolipoprotein-E phenotypes determined genetically are associated with certain hyperlipoproteinemias in a various...
Topics
- Aged
- Apolipoproteins E
- Cholesterol
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Female
- Humans
- Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II
- Hyperlipoproteinemia Type IV
- Hyperlipoproteinemia Type V
- Lipids
- Lipoproteins