High frequency of the Apolipoprotein E *4 allele in African Pygmies and most of the African populations in Sub-Saharan Africa

Human Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 575-581

  Zekraoui, L ^a   Lagarde, J P ^a   Raisonnier, A ^a   Gerard N ^b   Aouizerate A ^b   Lucotte, G ^b,c  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Intl Institute of Anthropology   (France)

^c HÔPITAL MAISON BLANCHE   (France)

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