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APOE Gene polymorphism among Jordanian Alzheimer’s patients with relation to lipid profile

Yanal A. Shafagoj, Randa G. Naffa, Mohammed S. El-Khateeb, Yazeed L. Abdulla, Aseem A. Al-qaddoumi, Faisal A. Khatib, Yousef F. AL-Motassem and Eman M. Al-Khateeb
Neurosciences Journal January 2018, 23 (1) 29-34; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2018.1.20170169
Yanal A. Shafagoj
From the Department of Physiology & Biochemistry (Shafagoj, Naffa, Khatib, Al-Khateeb), Departments of Pathology, Microbiology & Forensic Medicine (El-Khateeb), Faculty of Medicine (Abdulla, Al-qaddoumi), Departments of Biopharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy (Al-Motassem), College of Pharmacy, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan,
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Mohammed S. El-Khateeb
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Yazeed L. Abdulla
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Aseem A. Al-qaddoumi
From the Department of Physiology & Biochemistry (Shafagoj, Naffa, Khatib, Al-Khateeb), Departments of Pathology, Microbiology & Forensic Medicine (El-Khateeb), Faculty of Medicine (Abdulla, Al-qaddoumi), Departments of Biopharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy (Al-Motassem), College of Pharmacy, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan,
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Faisal A. Khatib
From the Department of Physiology & Biochemistry (Shafagoj, Naffa, Khatib, Al-Khateeb), Departments of Pathology, Microbiology & Forensic Medicine (El-Khateeb), Faculty of Medicine (Abdulla, Al-qaddoumi), Departments of Biopharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy (Al-Motassem), College of Pharmacy, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan,
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Yousef F. AL-Motassem
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Eman M. Al-Khateeb
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