Article
Apolipoprotein E phenotypes and plasma lipids in diabetic children and adolescents.
European journal of pediatrics - 1 Jul 1993
Salo M K, Rantanen R, Huupponen T, Lehtimäki T, Jokela H
Abstract excerpt
Apolipoprotein E (apoE) polymorphism is a genetic determinant of serum lipoprotein levels and coronary heart disease risk. ApoE appears in three major isoforms E2, E3 and E4, coded by corresponding alleles epsilon 2, epsilon 3 and epsilon 4. These give six different phenotypes. Patients with insu...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Alleles
- Apolipoprotein A-I
- Apolipoproteins B
- Apolipoproteins E
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cholesterol, HDL
- Cholesterol, LDL
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Female
- Genetic Markers
- Humans
- Male
- Phenotype
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Triglycerides