ApoE genotypes in Australia: roles in early and late onset Alzheimer's disease and Down's syndrome.

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ApoE genotypes in Australia: roles in early and late onset Alzheimer's disease and Down's syndrome.

Neuroreport - 31 Jul 1995

Martins R N, Clarnette R, Fisher C, Broe G A, Brooks W S, Montgomery P, Gandy S E

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We studied the apoE genotypes of 279 Australians in order to determine what relationships might exist in this group between apoE genotype and dementia associated with either early- or late-onset sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) or with Down's syndrome (DS). ApoE epsilon 4 allele frequency was in...

Topics

Age of Onset
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alzheimer Disease
Animals
Australia
Base Sequence
Down Syndrome
Female
Genotype
Hominidae
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Sequence Data
Risk Factors

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