Article
A case-control study of apolipoprotein E genotypes in Alzheimer's disease associated with Down's syndrome. Dutch Study Group on Down's Syndrome and Ageing.
Annals of neurology - 1 Aug 1995
van Gool W A, Evenhuis H M, van Duijn C M
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of clinical signs and neuropathological findings of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is high in Down's syndrome (DS). In the general population, the apolipoprotein E (ApoE) epsilon 4 isoform is an important risk for AD. We studied the allelic frequencies of ApoE in 26 DS cases fulfilling c...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Alleles
- Alzheimer Disease
- Apolipoproteins E
- Case-Control Studies
- Down Syndrome
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
