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Apolipoprotein E, dementia, and cortical deposition of beta-amyloid protein.
The New England journal of medicine - 9 Nov 1995
Polvikoski T, Sulkava R, Haltia M, Kainulainen K, Vuorio A, Verkkoniemi A, Niinistö L, Halonen P, Kontula K
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BACKGROUND: The epsilon 4 allele of apolipoprotein E has been associated with an increased risk of late-onset Alzheimer's disease. In a cohort of elderly subjects we prospectively investigated the relation between the apolipoprotein E genotype, dementia, and the accumulation of beta-amyloid protein in the cerebral cortex. METHODS: Autopsy involving neuropathological analysis and DNA analysis of frozen blood...
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