Onset of dementia is associated with apolipoprotein E ε4 in Down's syndrome

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 799-801

  Schupf, Nicole ^a,d   Kapell, Deborah ^a   Lee, Joseph H ^a,d   Zigman, Warren ^a   Canto, Basilisa ^d   Tycko, Benjamin ^b   Mayeux, Richard ^b,c,d  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^d and Epidemiology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029844434     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410400518     Document Type: Article

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