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Marked Differences of Haplotype Tagging SNP Distribution, Linkage, and Haplotype Profile of APOA5 Gene in Roma Population Samples.
Pathology oncology research : POR - 1 Oct 2017
Sumegi Katalin, Duga Balazs, Melegh Bela I, Banfai Zsolt, Kovesdi Erzsebet, Maasz Anita, Melegh Bela
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Roma people are underprivileged, neglected population worldwide, with severe healthcare problems. They have significantly increased prevalence of cardiovascular morbidity, presumably related to their poor social status, alcohol consumption and smoking habits. Assuming that genetic background also plays a role in their susceptibility for cardiovascular diseases, we hypothesized that APOA5 gene polymorphisms, an...
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