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Polymorphism of the apolipoprotein B gene and blood lipid concentrations in Japanese and Caucasian population samples.
Atherosclerosis - 25 Oct 1996
Iso H, Harada S, Shimamoto T, Folsom A R, Koike K, Sato S, Iida M, Komachi Y
Abstract excerpt
To examine whether a racial difference in apolipoprotein B (Apo B) gene polymorphism between Japanese and American Caucasians corresponds with the lower blood cholesterol concentrations in Japanese than in Americans, we examined the EcoRI polymorphism of the Apo B gene for 271 nonsmoking men and women aged 47-69 years in two population-based samples: rural Japanese living in Akita and Caucasians living in...
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