Association of a genetic variant in the apolipoprotein A5 gene with the metabolic syndrome in Chinese.

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Published in Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) on February 01, 2011

Authors

Kwok Leung Ong1, Chao Qiang Jiang, Bin Liu, Ya Li Jin, Annette W K Tso, Sidney Tam, Ka Sing Wong, Brian Tomlinson, Bernard M Y Cheung, Jie Ming Lin, Xiao Jun Yue, Karen S L Lam, Tai Hing Lam, Graham Neil Thomas

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

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