Article
Apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 alleles and meiotic origin of non-disjunction in Down syndrome children and in their corresponding fathers and mothers.
Neuroscience letters - 22 May 1998
Ezquerra M, Ballesta F, Queralt R, Aledo R, Gómez D, Guitart M, Egozcue J, Ascaso C, Oliva R
Abstract excerpt
An increased risk of Alzheimer disease (AD) has been reported in young mothers of Down syndrome (DS) probands. Subsequently, an increased frequency of the apolipoprotein E (apoE) allele epsilon 4 has been found in mothers (< or = 32 years) of DS children due to meiosis II (MII) errors providing a...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Alleles
- Alzheimer Disease
- Apolipoprotein E4
- Apolipoproteins E
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Down Syndrome
- Fathers
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
- Meiosis