Apolipoprotein E (APOE) and lipoprotein lipase (LPL) gene variants and carotid atherosclerotic lesions in the oldest old: A population-based autopsy study

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 108-112

  Myllykangas, Liisa ^a   Lammie, G Alistair ^b   Notkola, Irma Leena ^c   Sulkava, Raimo ^d   Polvikoski, Tuomo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c Finnish Information Centre for Register Research   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E (APOE); Carotid artery atherosclerosis; Genetic variants; Lipoprotein lipase (LPL)

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; SERINE;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERIATRIC CARE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; AUTOPSY; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 67349238270     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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