Apolipoprotein E polymorphism is associated with both senile plaque load and Alzheimer-type neurofibrillary tangle formation

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 777, Issue , 1996, Pages 276-280

  Marz W ^a   Scharnagl, H ^a   Kirca M ^b   Bohl, J ^c   Gross W ^b   Ohm, T G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE DOSAGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE CELL; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; SENILE PLAQUE;

EID: 0029877490     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb34432.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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