Lack of association of very low density lipoprotein receptor gene polymorphism with Caucasian Alzheimer's disease.

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Lack of association of very low density lipoprotein receptor gene polymorphism with Caucasian Alzheimer's disease.

Annals of neurology - 1 Aug 1996

Okuizumi K, Onodera O, Seki K, Tanaka H, Namba Y, Ikeda K, Saunders A M, Pericak-Vance M A, Roses A D, Tsuji S

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To determine whether the association of the very low density lipoprotein receptor (VLDL-R) gene with Alzheimer's disease (AD), which has recently been identified in Japanese AD patients, is commonly observed in AD patients of other ethnic backgrounds, we have investigated the allele frequency of...

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Aged
Alleles
Alzheimer Disease
Apolipoproteins E
Cholesterol, VLDL
Humans
Japan
Polymorphism, Genetic
United States
White People

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