Apolipoprotein E genotype in Spanish patients of Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease.

doi:10.1016/0022-510x(95)00238-3

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Apolipoprotein E genotype in Spanish patients of Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease.

Journal of the neurological sciences - 1 Dec 1995

Ibarreta D, Gómez-Isla T, Portera-Sánchez A, Parrilla R, Ayuso M S

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Blood donors of the Madrid area show a 6% frequency of apolipoprotein E genotype carrying allele epsilon 4. This frequency is smaller than other populations of Caucasian origin. This proportion decreases to 4% in a selected sample of healthy individuals of ages > 60 years. The frequency (34%) of...

Topics

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alleles
Alzheimer Disease
Apolipoproteins E
Female
Genotype
Humans
Lewy Bodies
Male
Middle Aged
Neurofibrillary Tangles
Parkinson Disease
Spain

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