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Clinical relevance of apolipoprotein E genotyping based on a family history of Alzheimer's disease.
Current Alzheimer research - 1 Jan 2015
Luckhoff Hilmar K, Brand Theresa, van Velden Dawid P, Kidd Martin, Fisher Leslie R, van Rensburg Susan J, Kotze Maritha J
Abstract excerpt
Having a family history of Alzheimer' s disease (AD) may potentiate cumulative risk associated with phenotypic expression of the ε-4 allele of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene. In this study, we compared the genotype distribution and allele frequencies of APOE ε-2 (rs7412) and ε -4 (rs429358) in 537 South African individuals participating in a chronic disease screening program, in order to establish whether AD...
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