Lower frequency of apolipoprotein E4 allele in an 'elderly' Down's syndrome population

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 811-813

  Cosgrave, Mary ^c   Tyrrell, Janette ^a,b   Dreja, Hanna ^b   Hawi, Ziarih ^b   Lawlor, Brian A ^a,c   Gill, Michael ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*  (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; apolipoprotein E; association; Down's syndrome; genetics

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ADULT; AGING; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOWN SYNDROME; GENOTYPE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030588062     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(96)00277-6     Document Type: Article

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