ApoE polymorphisms and diarrheal outcomes in Brazilian shanty town children

A series of studies have shown that the heavy burdens of diarrheal diseases in the first 2 formative years of life in children living in urban shanty towns have negative effects on physical and cognitive development lasting into later childhood. We have shown that APOE4 is relatively common in shant...

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Main Authors: R.B. Oriá, P.D. Patrick, M.O.B. Oriá, B. Lorntz, M.R. Thompson, O.G.R. Azevedo, R.N.B. Lobo, R.F. Pinkerton, R.L. Guerrant, A.A.M. Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2010-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2010000300005