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No association between apolipoprotein E epsilon4 allele and the age of onset in type I familial amyloid polyneuropathy.
Neuroscience letters - 9 Feb 1996
Satoh S, Tokuda T, Ikeda S, Sekijima Y, Yanagisawa N, Hidaka H, Kametani F
Abstract excerpt
It has been shown that the Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) epsilon4 allele increases the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) and lowers the age of its onset. ApoE has also been suggested to be a common facilitating factor in the different types of amyloidoses. However, the association of ApoE epsilon4 with the onset of disease in various types of amyloidoses has not been extensively investigated. Type I familial...
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