Population distributions of allele frequency of apolipoprotein E by age and gender in Han Chinese

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 218-222

  Zhang, Jian Gang ^a   Dong, Xiu Zhen ^b   Yang, Wei Jun ^a   Lu, Qing ^a   He, Lin ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Changning Dementia Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Apolipoproteins E; DNA; Ethnic groups; Polymerase chain reaction; Polymorphism (genetics); Population surveillance; Restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 13044276988     PISSN: 02539756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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