Article
Apolipoprotein E genotypes in Parkinson's disease with and without dementia.
Annals of neurology - 1 Feb 1995
Koller W C, Glatt S L, Hubble J P, Paolo A, Tröster A I, Handler M S, Horvat R T, Martin C, Schmidt K, Karst A
Abstract excerpt
The apolipoprotein E gene (Apo E) type 4 allele is a genetic risk factor influencing the development and age of onset of Alzheimer's disease. Because Parkinson's disease shares many characteristics of Alzheimer's disease, we studied the frequencies of Apo E genotypes in a cohort of 52 Parkinson's...
Topics
- Age of Onset
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Apolipoproteins
- Dementia
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Parkinson Disease
- Regression Analysis
- Risk Factors