Distribution of apolipoprotein E alleles in a Scottish healthy newborn population

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 164-167

  Becher, J C ^a   Bell, J E ^a   McIntosh, N ^a   Keeling, J W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alleles; Apolipoprotein E; Genotypes; Newborn infants

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; APOLIPOPROTEIN E2; APOLIPOPROTEIN E3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEIN E3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; DNA; FETAL BLOOD; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; SCOTLAND;

EID: 26444585930     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086205     Document Type: Article

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