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Apolipoprotein E genotype and cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related hemorrhage.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Apr 2000
McCarron M O, Nicoll J A
Abstract excerpt
Following the identification of the role of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene polymorphism in Alzheimer's disease (AD), this gene was examined in cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). As in AD, the APOE epsilon 4 allele was found to be associated with CAA. Lobar intracerebral hemorrhage is the major clinical manifestation of CAA. Initial studies on a small number of patients with CAA-related hemorrhage (CAAH)...
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