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Association of apolipoprotein E epsilon2 with white matter disease but not with microbleeds.
Stroke - 1 Apr 2007
Lemmens Robin, Görner Astrid, Schrooten Maarten, Thijs Vincent
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Apolipoprotein E (apoE) alleles (epsilon2 and epsilon4) are associated with cerebral amyloid angiopathy, in which white matter disease and microbleeds are prominent features. The role of apoE in patients with microbleeds or white matter disease but no evidence of cerebral amyloid angiopathy has not been elucidated. We studied apoE alleles in relation to white matter disease and microbleeds...
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