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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2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/10765 |