The frequency of apolipoprotein E4 allele is not increased in patients with probable vascular dementia

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 352-354

  Pirttila T ^a   Lehtimaki T ^a   Rinne, J ^b   Mattila, K ^a   Frey, H ^a   Nikkari, T ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

apolipoprotein E; cerebrospinal fluid; vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA;

EID: 0029893904     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1996.tb00008.x     Document Type: Article

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