Apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 allele and hippocampal volume in twins with normal cognition.

doi:10.1212/wnl.48.4.985

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Apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 allele and hippocampal volume in twins with normal cognition.

Neurology - 1 Apr 1997

Plassman B L, Welsh-Bohmer K A, Bigler E D, Johnson S C, Anderson C V, Helms M J, Saunders A M, Breitner J C

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We examined the relation of APOE-epsilon 4, hippocampal volume, and cognitive performance in ten pairs of cognitively normal twins who had a mean age of 62.5 years (SD = 7.8). There were no significant differences in neuropsychological measures of the groups categorized by the presence of an epsi...

Topics

Alleles
Apolipoprotein E4
Apolipoproteins E
Cognition
Female
Genotype
Hippocampus
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Reference Values
Twins

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