Apolipoprotein B 5'-Ins/Del and 3'-VNTR polymorphisms in Chinese, Malay and Indian Singaporeans

Human Heredity

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-40

  Choong, M L ^a   Koay, E S C ^a,b   Khaw, M C ^a   Aw, T C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein B; Chinese; Heterozygosity; Indians; Linkage disequilibrium; Malays

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL; DNA; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDIAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SINGAPORE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INDIA; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LIPIDS; MALAYSIA; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE DELETION; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0032970599     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022837     Document Type: Article

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