Increased frequency of the rare PstI allele (P2) in a population of CAD patients in northern Greece.

doi:10.1111/j.1399-0004.1995.tb03916.x

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Increased frequency of the rare PstI allele (P2) in a population of CAD patients in northern Greece.

Clinical genetics - 1 Jan 1995

Vavatsi N A, Kouidou S A, Geleris P N, Tachmatzidis C, Gikas T, Tsifodimos D K, Trakatellis A C

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Restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) at the apolipoprotein AI-CIII-AIV gene cluster and their association with coronary artery disease (CAD) and lipid levels were studied in a Northern Greek population. Ninety-five patients with CAD and fifty-four normal controls, angiographically pr...

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Adult
Alleles
Apolipoprotein A-I
Apolipoproteins A
Apolipoproteins C
Coronary Disease
Female
Gene Frequency
Greece
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Multigene Family
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length

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