Article
The association between delirium and the apolipoprotein E epsilon4 allele in the elderly.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Oct 2007
van Munster Barbara C, Korevaar Johanna C, de Rooij Sophia E, Levi Marcel, Zwinderman Aeilko H
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: As not all patients with similar risk factors and eliciting conditions develop delirium; it may be hypothesized that genetic variation may play a role in the risk of delirium. On the basis of the relationship between dementia, respectively reduced cholinergic activity, and the APOE eps...
Topics
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Apolipoprotein E4
- Apolipoproteins E
- Cognition Disorders
- Delirium
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male