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Apolipoprotein E polymorphism in Japanese patients with Alzheimer's disease or vascular dementia.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Nov 1994
Kawamata J, Tanaka S, Shimohama S, Ueda K, Kimura J
Abstract excerpt
Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) plays a key part in lipid metabolism both in the liver, and in the CNS. To clarify the association of ApoE polymorphism with Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia in Japan, 13 patients with early onset (age > or = 65) sporadic Alzheimer's disease, 40 patients with late onset (age < or = 65) sporadic Alzheimer's disease, 19 patients with vascular dementia, and 49 non-demented control...
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