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The effect of the apolipoprotein E phenotype on plasma lipids is not influenced by environmental variability: results of a Dutch twin study.
Human genetics - 1 Apr 1993
de Knijff P, Boomsma D I, de Wit E, Kempen H J, Gevers Leuven J A, Frants R R, Havekes L M
Abstract excerpt
We tested the influence of the apolipoprotein E (apoE) polymorphism on the intrapair differences in the levels of plasma cholesterol, plasma triglycerides, low density lipoprotein-cholesterol, apoB and apoE in monozygotic (MZ) twins, and estimated whether or not there was a interaction between the apoE polymorphism and environmental factors. In 65 MZ twin pairs, the intrapair differences in the measured...
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