Article
The apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 allele in Parkinson's disease with Alzheimer lesions.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 16 Jul 1996
Egensperger R, Bancher C, Kösel S, Jellinger K, Mehraein P, Graeber M B
Abstract excerpt
The association between the apolipoprotein E (ApoE) epsilon 4 allele and Parkinson's disease (PD) with coexistent dementia has remained controversial. We determined ApoE allele frequencies in 35 subjects with neuropathologically confirmed Lewy body Parkinsonism with and without concomitant Alzhei...
Topics
- Aged
- Alleles
- Alzheimer Disease
- Apolipoprotein E4
- Apolipoproteins E
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- Humans
- Parkinson Disease
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Reference Values