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Apolipoprotein E4 allele and Alzheimer disease: examination of allelic association and effect on age at onset in both early- and late-onset cases.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Jan 1995
Locke P A, Conneally P M, Tanzi R E, Gusella J F, Haines J L
Abstract excerpt
An increased frequency of the apolipoprotein E type 4 allele (APOE-4) has previously been associated with both late-onset sporadic and late-onset familial Alzheimer disease (AD) [Strittmatter et al. (1993) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 90:1977-1981; Saunders et al. (1993a) Neurology 43:1467-1472]. To further investigate this association we genotyped affected individuals from 92 separate AD pedigrees including both...
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