10 Kitahara Kitahara M M Shinomiya Shinomiya M M Shirai Shirai K K Frequency and role of apo E phenotype in familial hypercholesterolemia and non-familial hyperlipidemia in the Japanese Frequency and role of apo E phenotype in familial hypercholesterolemia and non-familial hyperlipidemia in the Japanese Atheroscler. The gene discussed is APOE; the disease is familial hypercholesterolemia.