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APOE-epsilon4 is associated with less frontal and more medial temporal lobe atrophy in AD.
Neurology - 10 Nov 1999
Geroldi C, Pihlajamäki M, Laakso M P, DeCarli C, Beltramello A, Bianchetti A, Soininen H, Trabucchi M, Frisoni G B
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that the e4 allele of APOE is associated with a region-specific pattern of brain atrophy in AD. METHODS: Volumes of the hippocampi, entorhinal cortices, and anterior temporal and frontal lobes were measured in 28 mild to moderate AD patients and 30 controls using MRI. Within the AD group, 14 patients were noncarriers (-/-), 9 were heterozygous (e4/-), and 5 were homozygous (e4/4)...
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