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Apolipoprotein E epsilon4 allele is associated with the volume of white matter changes in patients with lacunar infarcts.
European journal of neurology - 1 Nov 2006
Wen H M, Baum L, Cheung W S, Mok V, Lam W W M, Tomlinson B, Wong K S, Ng H K
Abstract excerpt
The relationship between the apolipoprotein E (APOE) exon 4 polymorphism and white matter changes (WMC) in elderly subjects or patients with Alzheimer's disease is controversial. To investigate this polymorphism in relation to WMC in patients with lacunar infarcts, we prospectively observed 67 patients with acute lacunar infarct and 134 age- and sex-matched controls. Genotypes were determined using a nested...
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