Apolipoprotein A-IV polymorphism in Saami and Finns: Frequency and effect on serum lipid levels

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 218-223

  Lehtinen, Saara ^a,b   Luoma, Pauli ^c,d   Näyhä, Simo ^c,d   Hassi, Juhani ^c,d   Ehnholm, Christian ^e   Nikkari, Tapio ^a   Peltonen, Nina ^a,b   Jokela, Hannu ^b   Koivula, Timo ^b   Lehtimäki, Terho ^a,b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein A IV allele frequencies; Finns; High density lipoprotein cholesterol, Saami

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A4; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CODON; ETHNOLOGY; FINLAND; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0031970979     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853899808999407     Document Type: Article

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