Apolipoprotein E polymorphism and susceptibility to early- and late-onset sporadic Alzheimer's disease in Hokkaido, the northern part of Japan

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-20

  Nunomura, Akihiko ^a   Chiba, Shigeru ^a   Eto, Masaaki ^a   Saito, Mieko ^a   Makino, Isao ^a   Miyagishi, Tsutomu ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Apolipoprotein E; Dementia; Genetics; Japanese

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029928003     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12415-0     Document Type: Article

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