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Gender and age modify the association between APOE and AD-related neuropathology.
Neurology - 26 Jun 2001
Ghebremedhin E, Schultz C, Thal D R, Rüb U, Ohm T G, Braak E, Braak H
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of apolipoprotein E (APOE) polymorphism on AD-related neurofibrillary tangle (NFT) formation and senile plaques (SP). METHODS: A sample of 729 routine autopsy brains (359 men, 370 women; age range, 60 to 99 years) was investigated. All brains were classified neuropathologically according to a procedure permitting differentiation of six NFT stages and three SP stages. APOE...
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