Lack of an association between apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 and Alzheimer's disease in elderly Nigerians.

doi:10.1002/ana.410380319

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Lack of an association between apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 and Alzheimer's disease in elderly Nigerians.

Annals of neurology - 1 Sept 1995

Osuntokun B O, Sahota A, Ogunniyi A O, Gureje O, Baiyewu O, Adeyinka A, Oluwole S O, Komolafe O, Hall K S, Unverzagt F W

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As part of a community-based study of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) in a Nigerian population aged 65 years and over, we have determined apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotypes on 56 subjects (39 controls and 17 subjects with dementia, including 12 with AD). The epsilon 4 allele of APOE was not associated wi...

Topics

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alleles
Alzheimer Disease
Apolipoprotein E4
Apolipoproteins E
Data Collection
Female
Gene Frequency
Genotype
Humans
Male
Nigeria

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