[Apolipoprotein E 4 gene is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease].

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[Apolipoprotein E 4 gene is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease].

Zhonghua nei ke za zhi - 1 Oct 2001

Peng D, Xu X, Feng Y

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OBJECTIVE: To study the association of Alzheimer disease (AD) with apolipoprotein E (ApoE) epsilon 4 allele and to find the biological peripheral markers for the laboratory diagnosis of AD. METHODS: 107 patients with AD, 68 patients with vascular dementia (VD) and 74 sex- and age-matched non-deme...

Topics

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alleles
Alzheimer Disease
Apolipoprotein E4
Apolipoproteins E
DNA
Female
Gene Frequency
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Risk Factors

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