Article
DNA polymorphisms of apolipoprotein B and angiotensin I-converting enzyme genes and relationships with lipid levels in Italian patients with vascular dementia or Alzheimer's disease.
Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders - 1 Jan 2000
Scacchi R, De Bernardini L, Mantuano E, Vilardo T, Donini L M, Ruggeri M, Gemma A T, Pascone R, Corbo R M
Abstract excerpt
The distribution of three DNA polymorphisms (XbaI, EcoRI, and I/D) of the apolipoprotein B (APOB) gene, and of the I/D polymorphism of the angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) gene was investigated in 53 patients with vascular dementia, in 80 patients with late-onset sporadic Alzheimer's disease...
Topics
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Alzheimer Disease
- Apolipoproteins B
- Case-Control Studies
- Cholesterol
- Cholesterol, HDL
- DNA
- Dementia, Vascular
- Female
- Gene Dosage
- Genotype
- Humans
- Italy