Associations between specific ApoE genetic variants and their interactions with environmental factors in relation to the lipid profile of black South Africans / Lize Meades

Introduction: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of global mortality and its prevalence is increasing among black South Africans in spite of their favourable lipid profile. Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) is a well-described risk factor for CVD and certain polymorphisms within this gene alter...

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Main Author: Meades, Lize
Language:en
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10394/10765