Relationship of two apolipoprotein B polymorphisms with serum lipoprotein and lipid levels in African blacks

Human Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 793-807

  Anderson, Jennifer L ^a   Bunker, Clareann H ^a   Aston, Christopher E ^a   Kamboh, M Ilyas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

African blacks; Allele frequency; Apoliprotein b; Cholesterol; Inserion deletion; Linkage disequilibrium; XbaI

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031543444     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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