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Apolipoprotein E genotype and Alzheimer's disease in an elderly Norwegian cohort.
Neurodegeneration : a journal for neurodegenerative disorders, neuroprotection, and neuroregeneration - 1 Mar 1996
Benjamin R, Leake A, McArthur F K, Candy J M, Ince P G, Edwardson J A, Torvik A, Morris C M, Bjertness E
Abstract excerpt
Apolipoprotein E (Apo E) genotyping was performed on an autopsy cohort of neuropathologically verified non-demented controls and subjects with Alzheimer's disease (AD) resident in nursing homes in the Oslo area. AD was associated with a significantly increased frequency of the Apo E epsilon 4 allele; the frequency of the epsilon 2 and epsilon 3 alleles was lower in AD but not significantly so. Age at death in the...
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