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Association of Apolipoprotein A5 Gene Polymorphisms with Metabolic Syndrome in the Korean Population.
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers - 1 Mar 2016
Kim Young Ree, Hong Seung-Ho
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AIMS: Functional defects of the ApoA5 protein have been identified as risk factors for hypertriglyceridemia, vascular diseases and susceptibility to metabolic syndrome (MetS). These associations are neither strong nor consistent in all populations studied. In this study, we investigated the association between the ApoA5 -1131T>C and -12,238T>C polymorphic loci in Korean patients with MetS. METHODS: A total of...
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