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APOE and vascular disease: Sequencing and genotyping in general population cohorts.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Nov 2023
Rasmussen Katrine L, Luo Jiao, Nordestgaard Børge G, Tybjærg-Hansen Anne, Frikke-Schmidt Ruth
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The apolipoprotein E(APOE) ϵ2/ϵ3/ϵ4 polymorphism plays a central role in lipid metabolism, vascular disease and dementia. The impact of the full range of structural genetic variation in APOE for lipids, lipoproteins and apolipoproteins and for vascular disease in the general population is not known. METHODS: We systematically sequenced APOE in 10,296 individuals from the Copenhagen City Heart...
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