Cord blood apolipoprotein-E genotype distribution and plasma lipid indices in newborns of different ethnicity

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 367-375

  Brouwer, D A Janneke ^a   Mulder, Hans ^a   Fokkens, Biret ^a   Ramsewak, Samuel ^b   Muskiet, Frits A J ^a   Ramdath, D Dan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

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EID: 0033940783     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460050044847     Document Type: Article

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