ApoE polymorphisms and diarrheal outcomes in Brazilian shanty town children
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ApoE polymorphisms and diarrheal outcomes in Brazilian shanty town children.
A series of studies have shown that the heavy burdens of diarrheal diseases in the first 2 formative years of life in children living in urban shanty towns have negative effects on physical and cognitive development lasting into later childhood. We have shown that APOE4 is relatively common in shanty town children living in Brazil (13.4%) and suggest that APOE4 has a protective role in cognitiv...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0100-879X
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2010007500003