Prevalence of dementia of Alzheimer type and apolipoprotein E phenotypes in aged patients with Down's syndrome.

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Prevalence of dementia of Alzheimer type and apolipoprotein E phenotypes in aged patients with Down's syndrome.

European neurology - 1 Jan 1998

Sekijima Y, Ikeda S, Tokuda T, Satoh S, Hidaka H, Hidaka E, Ishikawa M, Yanagisawa N

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We investigated the exact prevalence of dementia of Alzheimer type (DAT) and apolipoprotein E (ApoE) phenotypes in 106 Japanese Down's syndrome (DS) patients. Among these patients 16 were diagnosed as having DAT. The prevalence of DAT was 0% in the 30- to 39-year-old group, 16% in the 40- to 49-y...

Topics

Adult
Age of Onset
Alzheimer Disease
Apolipoproteins E
Down Syndrome
Female
Humans
Japan
Male
Middle Aged
Phenotype
Prevalence

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