Evolution of the apolipoprotein B gene and coronary artery disease: A study in low and high risk Asians

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-62

  Heng, C K ^b   Saha, N ^a   Low, P S ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APOLIPOPROTEINS B; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; CORONARY DISEASE; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIA; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0032798889     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003480099007290     Document Type: Article

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