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Apolipoprotein E (APOE) allele frequencies in late-onset sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD), mixed dementia and vascular dementia: lack of association of epsilon 4 allele with AD in Italian octogenarian patients.
Neuroscience letters - 15 Dec 1995
Scacchi R, De Bernardini L, Mantuano E, Donini L M, Vilardo T, Corbo R M
Abstract excerpt
The Apolipoprotein E (APOE) epsilon 4 allele has been found to be strongly associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) in most studies conducted up to now, though not all investigators have established a similar association with other forms of dementia, like vascular dementia. Our study examined the APOE polymorphism in a sample of 149 dementia patients, of which there were 80 with probable sporadic late-onset AD,...
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