Apolipoprotein E ε4 associated with chronic traumatic brain injury in boxing

JAMA

Volumn 278, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 136-140

  Jordan, Barry D ^a,b   Relkin, Norman R ^a   Ravdin, Lisa D ^a   Jacobs, Alan R ^a   Bennett, Alexandre ^a   Gandy, Sam ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOXING; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT INJURY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BOXING; BRAIN INJURIES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 0030612497     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.278.2.136     Document Type: Article

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