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Preliminary evidence for a role of apolipoprotein E alleles in identifying haemodialysis patients at high vascular risk.
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association - 1 Apr 1997
Olmer M, Renucci J E, Planells R, Bouchouareb D, Purgus R
Abstract excerpt
Conventional risk factors have very low predictive power in identifying haemodialysis patients at high risk of vascular accidents. A role for apolipoprotein E isotypes was looked for in a small, but rigorously defined, cohort of longterm haemodialysis patients. In individuals with high vascular risk, as identified by higher common carotid intima/media thickness, we found an excess of apolipoprotein E4 alleles....
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