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

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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 the allele epsilon 4 was significantly increased in patients of late onset Alzheimer's disease, similarly to other...

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