Apolipoproteins B and E, and angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) genetic polymorphisms in Italian women with coronary artery disease (CAD) and their relationships with plasma lipid and apolipoprotein levels

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 77-82

  Corbo, Rosa Maria ^a   Vilardo, T ^b   Mantuano, E ^a   Ruggeri, M ^b   Gemma, A T ^b   Scacchi, R ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allele frequencies; Angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE); Apolipoprotein B (APOB); Apolipoprotein E (APOE); Apolipoprotein levels; Coronary artery disease (CAD); Lipid levels

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030814392     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1997.tb02522.x     Document Type: Article

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