ApoE polymorphism in a small Mediterranean island: Relationships with plasma lipids, lipoproteins and LDL particle size

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 707-713

  Barbagallo, C M ^a   Polizzi, F ^a   Severino, M ^a   Rizzo, M ^a   Vivona, N ^a   Onorato, F ^a   Caldarella, R ^a   Cefalu A B ^a   Noto, D ^a   Notarbartolo, A ^a   Averna, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

ApoE gene; LDL particle size; Lipoproteins; Mediterranean population

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; DNA; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PARTICLE SIZE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0035740338     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015618216828     Document Type: Article

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