Article
[Frontotemporal dementia in association with a family history of dementia and ApoE polymorphism].
Der Nervenarzt - 1 Jan 2010
Zintl M, Petkov M, Schmitz G, Hajak G, Klünemann H-H
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between apolipoprotein E (ApoE) and a family history of dementia in 1st- and 2nd-degree relatives of patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) with a dementia onset by age 70. METHODS: The study included 494 dementia patients (73 FTD patients) and 82 cognitively normal spousal control subjects. Neuropsychiatric examination, Consortium To Establish a Registry on Alzheimer's...
Topics
- Aged
- Apolipoproteins E
- Female
- Frontotemporal Dementia
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Germany
- Humans
- Incidence
- Male
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Risk Assessment
- Risk Factors
