Apolipoprotein E and atherosclerosis in Alaska Natives.

doi:10.1016/0021-9150(94)05483-y

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Apolipoprotein E and atherosclerosis in Alaska Natives.

Atherosclerosis - 24 Apr 1995

Scheer W D, Boudreau D A, Malcom G T, Middaugh J P

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Arterial, liver, and serum specimens were collected from 130 Alaska Natives who underwent forensic necropsy (mean age, 36.9 years; age range, 9-85 years; 38 females and 92 males). Based upon the observed frequencies of the six common apo E genotypes, the estimates of the relative frequencies of t...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alaska
Alleles
Apolipoproteins E
Arteriosclerosis
Child
Cholesterol
Female
Gene Frequency
Genotype
Humans
Inuit
Male
Middle Aged

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