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Apolipoprotein E polymorphism and serum concentration in Alzheimer's disease in nine European centres: the ApoEurope study. ApoEurope group.
Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine - 1 Aug 2000
Siest G, Bertrand P, Qin B, Herbeth B, Serot J M, Masana L, Ribalta J, Passmore A P, Evans A, Ferrari M, Franceschi M, Shepherd J, Cuchel M, Beisiegel U, Zuchowsky K, Rukavina A S, Sertic J, Stojanov M, Kostic V, Mitrevski A, Petrova V, Sass C, Merched A, Salonen J T, Tiret L, Visvikis S
Abstract excerpt
As part of the ApoEurope Project, apolipoprotein E (apo E) common polymorphism and serum concentration were determined in 489 Alzheimer's disease patients and 429 controls. Patients and controls were recruited through nine centres in eight European countries. Age, sex ratios and education levels of both case and control populations were similar, although discrete differences appeared between centres. The...
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