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Apolipoprotein E polymorphism, serum lipids, myocardial infarction and severity of angiographically verified coronary artery disease in men and women.
Atherosclerosis - 7 Apr 1995
Lehtinen S, Lehtimäki T, Sisto T, Salenius J P, Nikkilä M, Jokela H, Koivula T, Ebeling F, Ehnholm C
Abstract excerpt
In several populations, the apolipoprotein E (apo E) allele epsilon 4 is associated with high concentration of plasma total and low density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol and coronary artery disease (CAD). We determined the apo E phenotypes of 309 patients with angiographically verified CAD and 38 patients without CAD by isoelectric focusing and Western blotting. In men with CAD, the plasma total and...
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