Apolipoprotein E alleles as risk factors in Alzheimer's disease.

doi:10.1146/annurev.med.47.1.387

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Apolipoprotein E alleles as risk factors in Alzheimer's disease.

Annual review of medicine - 1 Jan 1996

Roses A D

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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is unique in medicine in that millions of people suffer from what appears to be the same form of disease, and unlike most other late-onset diseases, the genetic etiologies have been well identified. Three early onset forms of AD inherited as autosomal dominant traits acco...

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Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alleles
Alzheimer Disease
Apolipoproteins E
Brain
Chromosome Mapping
Female
Genetic Linkage
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Risk Factors

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