Article
A high frequency of apolipoprotein E4 isoprotein in Japanese patients with late-onset nonfamilial Alzheimer's disease.
Neuroscience letters - 12 Dec 1993
Ueki A, Kawano M, Namba Y, Kawakami M, Ikeda K
Abstract excerpt
Phenotypes of apolipoprotein E (apo E) were determined by the iso-electric focusing method in 42 Japanese patients with nonfamilial late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) and 96 age-matched controls without hyperlipidemia and/or diabetes. There was a striking difference in the distribution of apo E phenotypes between patients with AD and controls (P < 0.0001). Such a difference was mostly attributable to different...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.