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[Apolipoprotein E phenotyping--useful in the study of hyperlipoproteinemia type III].
Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke - 10 Mar 1993
Hagve T A, Furuset T, Christophersen B, Ose L
Abstract excerpt
Apolipoprotein E (apo E) is a protein constituent of several plasma lipoproteins. Its major physiological role is to mediate the interaction of these lipoproteins and receptors. Three common apo E alleles and six phenotypes are known. The phenotype E2/E2 is associated with type III hyperlipoproteinemia. As a consequence of the increasing clinical interest in apo E phenotypes, especially in relation to the...
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