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White matter lesions in Alzheimer patients are influenced by apolipoprotein E genotype.
Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders - 1 Jan 2000
Bronge L, Fernaeus S E, Blomberg M, Ingelson M, Lannfelt L, Isberg B, Wahlund L O
Abstract excerpt
To analyse the influence of apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype on the extent of white matter lesions (WMLs) in Alzheimer's disease (AD), we examined 60 AD patients with magnetic resonance imaging. The WMLs were rated visually in different brain regions. The patients with the APOE genotype sigma4/4 had more extensive WMLs in the deep white matter than patients with genotypes sigma3/3 and sigma3/4. There was a...
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