Epsilon 4 allele of apolipoprotein E increases risk of Alzheimer's disease in a Chinese population.

doi:10.1212/wnl.46.6.1749

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Epsilon 4 allele of apolipoprotein E increases risk of Alzheimer's disease in a Chinese population.

Neurology - 1 Jun 1996

Hong C J, Liu T Y, Liu H C, Wang S J, Fuh J L, Chi C W, Lee K Y, Sim C B

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We examined the apolipoprotein E genotype in 56 Chinese patients with late-onset sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) and 57 Chinese control subjects of similar age. The frequency of epsilon 4 in the AD group was significantly higher than that in the control group (23.2% versus 7.9%, p = 0.003). The...

Topics

Age of Onset
Aged
Alleles
Alzheimer Disease
Apolipoprotein E4
Apolipoproteins E
Base Sequence
China
Disease Susceptibility
Female
Humans
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Risk

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