New insight into the association of apolipoprotein E genetic variants with carotid plaques and intima-media thickness

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2917-2923

  Debette, Stéphanie ^a   Lambert, Jean Charles ^b   Gariépy, Jérôme ^c   Fievet, Nathalie ^b   Tzourio, Christophe ^b   Dartigues, Jean Françoise ^b   Ritchie, Karen ^b   Dupuy, Anne Mary ^b   Alpérovitch, Annick ^b   Ducimetière, Pierre ^b   Amouyel, Philippe ^b   Zureik, Mahmoud ^b,d  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Apolipoproteins; Carotid arteries; Epidemiology; Genetics; Plaque

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; GUANINE; THYMINE;

AGED; APOE GENE; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSLCEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY PLAQUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33845446201     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000249011.94055.00     Document Type: Article

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