Genetic variability of Apolipoprotein E in different populations from Venezuela

Disease Markers

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-19

  Fernandez Mestre M T ^a   Yehirobi, Castro ^a   Montagnani, S ^a   Balbas, O ^a   Layrisse, Z ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

APOE; Polymorphism; Venezuelan populations

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; APOLIPOPROTEIN E2; APOLIPOPROTEIN E3;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN POPULATION;

COLONIA;

EID: 15244352692     PISSN: 02780240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2005/625182     Document Type: Article

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