Comprehensive Evaluation of the Association of APOE Genetic Variation with Plasma Lipoprotein Traits in U.S. Whites and African Blacks

Zaheda H. Radwan; Xingbin Wang; Fahad Waqar; Dilek Pirim; Vipavee Niemsiri; John E. Hokanson; Richard F. Hamman; Clareann H. Bunker; M. Michael Barmada; F. Yesim Demirci; M. Ilyas Kamboh

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0114618

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Comprehensive Evaluation of the Association of APOE Genetic Variation with Plasma Lipoprotein Traits in U.S. Whites and African Blacks

Zaheda H. Radwan,

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Xingbin Wang,

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Fahad Waqar,

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Dilek Pirim,

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Vipavee Niemsiri,

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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John E. Hokanson,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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Richard F. Hamman,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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Clareann H. Bunker,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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M. Michael Barmada,

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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F. Yesim Demirci,

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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M. Ilyas Kamboh

* E-mail: kamboh@pitt.edu

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Comprehensive Evaluation of the Association of APOE Genetic Variation with Plasma Lipoprotein Traits in U.S. Whites and African Blacks

Zaheda H. Radwan,
Xingbin Wang,
Fahad Waqar,
Dilek Pirim,
Vipavee Niemsiri,
John E. Hokanson,
Richard F. Hamman,
Clareann H. Bunker,
M. Michael Barmada,
F. Yesim Demirci

Published: December 12, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114618

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