Significant impact of the +93 C/T polymorphism in the apolipoprotein(a) gene on Lp(a) concentrations in Africans but not in Caucasians: Confounding effect of linkage disequilibrium

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 257-264

  Kraft, Hans Georg ^a   Windegger, Michaela ^a   Menzel, Hans J ^a   Utermann, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A; LIPOPROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; KRINGLE DOMAIN; NEGRO; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEINS; APOPROTEIN(A); AUSTRIA; CODON; DENMARK; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; KRINGLES; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LIPOPROTEIN(A); MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031975642     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/7.2.257     Document Type: Article

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