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Apolipoprotein E gene in Parkinson's disease, Lewy body dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
Journal of neural transmission. Supplementum - 1 Jan 1997
St Clair D
Abstract excerpt
Apolipoprotein E (Apo E) epsilon 4 allele is a risk factor for early and late onset Alzheimer's disease. This prompted us to examine other neurophyschiatric phenotypes. Epsilon 4 allele was significantly enriched in Lewy body dementia (n = 39) but not in Parkinson's disease (n = 50) or Schizophrenia (n = 175) compared to aged non-demented controls (n = 47) and the Scottish population (n = 400). We conclude that...
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