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Meta-analysis for the Association of Apolipoprotein E ε2/ε3/ε4 Polymorphism with Coronary Heart Disease.
Chinese medical journal - 20 May 2015
Zhang Yong, Tang Hai-Qin, Peng Wen-Jia, Zhang Bing-Bing, Liu Ming
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a multifactorial disease and is thought to have a polygenic basis. Apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene is one such candidate with its common ε2/ε3/ε4 polymorphism in CHD. In recent years, numerous case-control studies have investigated the relationship of APOE polymorphism with CHD risk. However, the results are confusing. METHODS: To clarify this point, we undertook a...
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