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Apolipoprotein E gene polymorphism and risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Cardiovascular diabetology - 22 Jan 2016
El-Lebedy Dalia, Raslan Hala M, Mohammed Asmaa M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Lipoprotein-related mechanisms have been associated with damage to the cardiovascular system in diabetic patients. Apolipoprotein E gene which affects the clearance of lipoproteins and consequently the lipid profile in our body is one of the most studied candidate genes and recently has been reported to be associated with T2DM and CAD. In this work, we studied the association of apoE gene polymorphism...
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