Increased acetylcholinesterase activity in the CSF of Alzheimer patients carrying apolipoprotein epsilon4 allele.

doi:10.1097/00001756-199512150-00017

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Increased acetylcholinesterase activity in the CSF of Alzheimer patients carrying apolipoprotein epsilon4 allele.

Neuroreport - 15 Dec 1995

Soininen H, Lehtovirta M, Helisalmi S, Linnaranta K, Heinonen O, Riekkinen P

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We measured CSF acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity in 57 Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients with different apolipoprotein E (apoE) genotypes at the early stage of the disease, and in 11 non-demented controls. The AChE activities of the whole AD group did not differ from those of controls. Howeve...

Topics

Acetylcholinesterase
Age of Onset
Aged
Alleles
Alzheimer Disease
Analysis of Variance
Apolipoproteins E
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged

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