Effect of apolipoprotein E polymorphism on fasting retinyl palmitate level.

doi:10.1006/bmme.1995.1046

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Effect of apolipoprotein E polymorphism on fasting retinyl palmitate level.

Biochemical and molecular medicine - 1 Aug 1995

Surguchov A P, Boerwinkle E, Sharrett A R, Patsch W

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The effect of apolipoprotein E (apo E) common genotypes on fasting retinyl palmitate (RP) level was studied in 344 white individuals, of which 130 had intimal thickening of the carotid artery ("cases") and 214 were controls. In this sample the common apo E genotypes possessed a statistically sign...

Topics

Apolipoproteins E
Diterpenes
Fasting
Female
Genotype
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Polymorphism, Genetic
Prospective Studies
Retinyl Esters
Vitamin A

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