Article
Apolipoprotein E-epsilon 2 and Alzheimer's disease: genotype influences pathologic phenotype.
Neurology - 1 Feb 1997
Lippa C F, Smith T W, Saunders A M, Hulette C, Pulaski-Salo D, Roses A D
Abstract excerpt
To determine whether apolipoprotein E epsilon 2 (APOE-epsilon 2) affects neuropathology in aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD), we compared beta-amyloid plaque (A beta P) and neurofibrillary tangle densities, neuropil thread formation, and amyloid angiopathy in five APOE-epsilon 2/3 AD patients, f...
Topics
- Aged
- Alleles
- Alzheimer Disease
- Amyloid beta-Peptides
- Apolipoprotein E2
- Apolipoprotein E3
- Apolipoproteins E
- Brain
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
