α1-antichymotrypsin as a risk modifier for late-onset Alzheimer's disease in Japanese apolipoprotein E ε4 allele carriers

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 115-117

  Yoshiiwa, A ^a   Kamino, K ^a,d   Yamamoto, H ^b   Kobayashi, T ^b   Imagawa, M ^c   Nonomura, Y ^b   Yoneda, H ^b   Sakai, T ^b   Nishiwaki, Y ^a   Sato, N ^a   Rakugi, H ^a   Miki, T ^a   Ogihara, T ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c HYOGO PREFECTURAL AMAGASAKI GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; ALPHA 1-ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030738367     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410420118     Document Type: Article

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