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Association of apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 allele with bulbar-onset motor neuron disease.
Lancet (London, England) - 20 Jan 1996
al-Chalabi A, Enayat Z E, Bakker M C, Sham P C, Ball D M, Shaw C E, Lloyd C M, Powell J F, Leigh P N
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Variants of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene influence the age of onset of Alzheimer's disease. APOE may influence the presentation of other neurological diseases. We investigated the relationship between the allelic variants of apolipoprotein E and clinical presentation in motor neuron disease. METHODS: 123 patients with motor neuron disease and 121 controls were studied. Diagnosis, location of onset...
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