The National Institute on Aging/Alzheimer's Association recommendations on the application of apolipoprotein E genotyping to Alzheimer's disease.

doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb32608.x

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The National Institute on Aging/Alzheimer's Association recommendations on the application of apolipoprotein E genotyping to Alzheimer's disease.

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 16 Dec 1996

Relkin N R, Kwon Y J, Tsai J, Gandy S

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In a conference held in Chicago during October 1995, a working group of the National Institute of Aging (NIA) and the Alzheimer's Association (AlzA) drafted consensus recommendations on research and clinical applications of APOE genetic susceptibility testing for Alzheimer's disease (AD). The NIA...

Topics

Alleles
Alzheimer Disease
Apolipoprotein E4
Apolipoproteins E
Gene Frequency
Genetic Testing
Genotype
Heterozygote
Humans
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
Odds Ratio
United States

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