Article
Accelerated memory decline in Alzheimer's disease with apolipoprotein epsilon4 allele.
The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences - 1 Jan 2003
Hirono Nobutsugu, Hashimoto Mamoru, Yasuda Minoru, Kazui Hirokazu, Mori Etsuro
Abstract excerpt
To investigate a possible effect of the apolipoprotein (APOE) epsilon4 allele on memory decline in Alzheimer's disease (AD), we examined 64 AD patients with the APOE epsilon3/3, epsilon3/4, or epsilon4/4 allele using the Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive subscale (ADAS-Cog) and its subtests at the initial examination and at the 1-year follow-up visit. One-year changes in the scores of the Word Recall...
Topics
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Alzheimer Disease
- Apolipoproteins E
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
