Serum lipids and apolipoprotein E phenotypes in identical twins reared apart

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 191-199

  Kervinen, Kari ^a   Kaprio, Jaakko ^b   Koskenvuo, Markku ^c   Juntunen, Juhani ^d,e   Kesäniemi, Y Antero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^e LEL Employment Pension Fund   (Finland)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E; Atherosclerosis; Cholesterol; Genetics; Lipoproteins; Twins

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING;

EID: 0031943159     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1998.tb02675.x     Document Type: Article

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