Neuropathological evaluation and apolipoprotein E gene polymorphism analysis in diffuse Lewy body disease

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 140-142

  Kawanishi, Chiaki ^a   Suzuki, Kyoko ^a   Odawara, Toshinari ^a   Iseki, Eizo ^a   Onishi, Hideki ^a   Miyakawa, Tomohiro ^a   Yamada, Yoshiteru ^a   Kosaka, Kenji ^a   Kondo, Naoki ^b   Yamamoto, Takayuki ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fukushimura Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer type dementia; APOE; Apolipoprotein E; Dementia; Diffuse Lewy body disease; Lewy body; Parkinson's disease; 4 allele

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DNA STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE;

EID: 0029875275     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-510X(95)00312-P     Document Type: Article

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