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Plasma levels of apolipoprotein E and risk of ischemic heart disease in the general population.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Mar 2016
Rasmussen Katrine L, Tybjærg-Hansen Anne, Nordestgaard Børge G, Frikke-Schmidt Ruth
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Triglyceride-rich lipoproteins are causally associated with high risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD), and apolipoprotein E (apoE) has a central role in their plasma clearance. While both quantitative and qualitative changes of apoE are established causes of rare dyslipidemia syndromes, it remains unclear whether plasma levels of apoE are associated with risk of IHD in the general population....
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