Apolipoprotein E allelic influence on human cerebrospinal fluid apolipoproteins.

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Apolipoprotein E allelic influence on human cerebrospinal fluid apolipoproteins.

Journal of lipid research - 1 Dec 1998

Montine K S, Bassett C N, Ou J J, Markesbery W R, Swift L L, Montine T J

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The major apolipoproteins (apo) on human cerebrospinal fluid lipoproteins are apoA-I and apoE. Given the association between inheritance of the varepsilon4 allele of the apoE gene (APOE4) and increased susceptibility to Alzheimer's disease, we tested the hypothesis that cerebrospinal fluid apolip...

Topics

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alleles
Alzheimer Disease
Apolipoproteins
Apolipoproteins E
Case-Control Studies
Genotype
Humans

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