Age-related changes of the 3'APOB-VNTR genotype pool in ageing cohorts

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-122

  De Benedictis, G ^c   Carotenuto, L ^d   Carrieri, G ^d   De Luca, M ^a   Falcone, E ^d   Rose, G ^d   Yashin, A I ^b   Bonafe M ^d   Franceschi, C ^a  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ALLELE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE POOL; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031684963     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003480098006757     Document Type: Article

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