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Apolipoprotein-E genotyping of diabetic dementia patients: is diabetes rare in Alzheimer's disease?
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - 1 Aug 1996
Nielson K A, Nolan J H, Berchtold N C, Sandman C A, Mulnard R A, Cotman C W
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OBJECTIVES: To determine whether diabetes is rare in Alzheimer disease (AD) relative to other types of dementia and whether diabetics with dementia have a low frequency of the Apolipoprotein-E E4 genotype. DESIGN: Observational survey study. SETTING: An Irvine, California, outpatient dementia assessment center. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 123 patients with AD, 51 with vascular dementia, 57 with "mixed" vascular...
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