Apolipoprotein E ε4 allele and hippocampal volume in twins with normal cognition

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 985-989

  Plassman, B L ^a,b   Welsh Bohmer, K A ^a   Bigler, E D ^b   Johnson, M A ^b   Anderson, C V ^b   Helms, M J ^a   Saunders, A M ^a   Breitner, J C S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ALLELE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE; TWINS;

ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; TWINS;

EID: 0030612735     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.48.4.985     Document Type: Article

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