Association of the ε4 allele of apolipoprotein E with poor performance on a dementia screen in African Americans

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 266-271

  Hui, Siu L ^a   Gao, Sujuan ^b   Hall, Kathleen S ^a   Sahota, Amrik ^a   Hendrie, Hugh C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

African Americans and Community Survey; APOE; Apolipoprotein E; Cognitive Function; Dementia

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEGRO; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; STANDARD;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030225024     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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