Genetic variability of apolipoprotein E in a Polish population

Human Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1093-1099

  Kowalska, Anna ^a   Wiechmann, Ingrid ^b   Walter, Hubert ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E; Genetic polymorphism; Polish population

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032403189     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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