Apolipoprotein E allele frequencies in patients with late-onset sporadic Alzheimer's dementia in Hungary.

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1997.tb00069.x

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Apolipoprotein E allele frequencies in patients with late-onset sporadic Alzheimer's dementia in Hungary.

Acta neurologica Scandinavica - 1 Jan 1997

Kálmán J, Juhász A, Császár A, Kanka A, Maglóczky E, Bencsik K, Janka Z, Raskó I

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INTRODUCTION: The presence of the apolipoprotein E4 allele (apoE4) has been recognized as a risk factor for the development of presenile and senile forms of Alzheimer's dementia (AD). MATERIAL AND METHODS: The apoE alleles frequency of 71 normal controls (NC), 60 demented controls (DC) and 50 sen...

Topics

Age of Onset
Alleles
Alzheimer Disease
Apolipoproteins E
Base Sequence
Female
Genotype
Humans
Hungary
Incidence
Male
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Genetic

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