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Apolipoprotein E gene variants as a risk factor for coronary artery disease in type 2 diabetic Egyptian patients.
The Egyptian journal of immunology - 1 Jan 2012
Halim Emad F Abd El, Reda Ahmed A, Hendi Amera A K, Zaki Seham A, Essa Enas S, Khalifa Amani S
Abstract excerpt
Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) have increased mortality and morbidity of cardiovascular diseases compared with non-diabetic patients. The role of apolipoprotain E in lipid metabolism and cholesterol transport is well established. Apolipoprotein E gene (APO E) polymprphism that confers susceptibility to or protection from CAD in patients with type 2 DM may be quite different in different ethnic populations....
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