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Butyrylcholinesterase K variant and cerebral amyloid angiopathy.
Stroke - 1 Dec 1998
Yamada M, Sodeyama N, Itoh Y, Suematsu N, Otomo E, Matsushita M, Mizusawa H
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Cholinesterases are found histochemically in the vessels affected with cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). A gene for the K variant of butyrylcholinesterase (BCHE-K) may be associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD). In search of genetic risk factors for CAA, we investigated the association of BCHE-K with CAA. METHODS: The association between the severity of CAA and BCHE-K was...
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