The age dependency of gene expression for plasma lipids, lipoproteins, and apolipoproteins

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 638-650

  Snieder, Harold ^a,b   Van Doornen, Lorenz J P ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY RISK; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; APOLIPOPROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 0031029533     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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