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The influence of ApoE genotype on the lipid profile and lipoproteins during normal pregnancy in a Southern African population.
African health sciences - 1 Sept 2016
Tanyanyiwa Donald Moshen, Marais Adrian David, Byrnes Pamela, Jones Sheena
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BACKGROUND: Pregnancy is associated with increases in fasting triglycerides and total cholesterol.1 ApoE isoforms are known to influence the concentration of cholesterol, with apoE2 homozygosity lowering and apoE4 homozygosity raising the cholesterol concentration compared with E3 homozygosity.2 The lipid profiles ApoE status and prevalence of small dense LDL species were evaluated for subjects attending an...
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