Apolipoprotein E-associated risk for Alzheimer's disease in the African- American population is genotype dependent

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 659-661

  Sahota, Amrik ^a   Yang, Min ^a   Gao, Sujuan ^a   Hui, Siu L ^a   Baiyewu, Olusegun ^b   Gureje, Oyewusi ^b   Oluwole, Steven ^b   Ogunniyi, Adesola ^b   Hall, Kathleen S ^a   Hendrie, Hugh C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030869025     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410420418     Document Type: Article

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