Apolipoprotein E-∈4 frequency in geriatric depression

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-71

  Krishnan, K Ranga Rama ^a   Tupler, Larry A ^a   Ritchie Jr , James C ^a   McDonald, William M ^b   Knight, David L ^b   Nemeroff, Charles B ^b   Carroll, Bernard J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; Apolipoprotein E; Cognition; Depression; Elderly; Onset

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; APOLIPOPROTEIN E2; APOLIPOPROTEIN E3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ALLELE; BLOOD; DEMENTIA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

AGED; ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEIN E2; APOLIPOPROTEIN E3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0030186373     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00424-6     Document Type: Article

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