Nutrition
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 310-314 , April 2001

Apolipoprotein-E phenotype and basal activity of low-density lipoprotein receptor are independent of changes in plasma lipoprotein subfractions after cholesterol ingestion in japanese subjects

  • Yasuhiko Homma, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Yasuhiko Homma, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Boseidai, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan
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  • Toshio Kobayashi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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  • Hiroshi Yamaguchi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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  • Hideki Ozawa, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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  • Koichiro Homma, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Kazuo Ishiwata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan

,Accepted 16 October 2000.

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