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Apolipoprotein E polymorphism in ischemic cerebrovascular diseases and vascular dementia patients in Taiwan.
Neuroepidemiology - 1 Jan 2000
Lin Hsiu-Fen, Lai Chiou-Lian, Tai Chih-Ta, Lin Ruey-Tay, Liu Ching-Kuan
Abstract excerpt
This study aims to clarify the association between apolipoprotein E gene (ApoE) polymorphism, ischemic cerebrovascular diseases (ICVD) and vascular dementia (VaD) in Taiwan Chinese. 277 patients with ICVD, 49 patients with probable VaD and 112 controls were recruited for this study. Distributions of ApoE epsilon4 carriers and allele frequencies were 28.5 and 14.5% for patients with ICVD, 20.4 and 10.2% for...
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