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Apolipoprotein E polymorphism and age at onset of Alzheimer's disease in a quadriethnic sample.
Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders - 1 Jan 2010
Kwon Oh Dae, Khaleeq Aisha, Chan Wenyaw, Pavlik Valory N, Doody Rachelle S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The relationship between the apolipoprotein E (ApoE) genotype and the risk for developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) or age at onset of AD is relatively well established in Caucasians, but less established in other ethnicities. We examined the association between the ApoE genotype and age at onset of AD in a quadriethnic group of community-dwelling AD patients. METHODS: AD patients were evaluated at 2...
Topics
- Black or African American
- Age of Onset
- Aged
- Alzheimer Disease
- Analysis of Variance
- Apolipoproteins E
- Asian People
- Ethnicity
- Female
- Genotype
- Hispanic or Latino
- Humans
- Korea
- Male
- Neuropsychological Tests
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Texas
