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Apolipoprotein E-4 gene dose in clinically diagnosed Alzheimer's disease: prevalence, plasma cholesterol levels and cerebrovascular change.
European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience - 1 Jan 1994
Czech C, Förstl H, Hentschel F, Mönning U, Besthorn C, Geiger-Kabisch C, Sattel H, Masters C, Beyreuther K
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of the apolipoprotein E-4 allele (ApoE-4) was significantly higher in a referral population of 40 patients with clinically diagnosed Alzheimer's disease than in a sample of non-demented elderly controls (P < 0.01). The highest plasma cholesterol levels were found in demented patients homozygotic for Apo E-4, but no significant increases of glucose, triglycerides and thyroxine or of leuko-araiosis...
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