Genetic predictors of common disease: apolipoprotein E genotype as a paradigm.

doi:10.1016/s1047-2797(97)00028-8

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Genetic predictors of common disease: apolipoprotein E genotype as a paradigm.

Annals of epidemiology - 1 Jul 1997

Jarvik G P

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PURPOSE: Genetic variation of a common genetic polymorphism at the structural locus for apolipoprotein E (apoE) has been associated with risk of elevated serum lipids, coronary artery disease, and Alzheimer disease, all of which are multifactoral disorders and are inherited in a complex fashion....

Topics

Alleles
Apolipoproteins E
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Genetic Variation
Genotype
Humans
Polymorphism, Genetic
Risk Factors

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