Atherosclerosis, apolipoprotein E, and prevalence of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the Rotterdam Study

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Volumn 349, Issue 9046, 1997, Pages 151-154

  Hofman, Albert ^a   Ott, Alewijn ^a   Breteler, Monique M B ^a   Bots, Michiel L ^a   Slooter, Arjen J C ^a   Van Harskamp, Frans ^a   Van Duijn, Cornelia N ^a   Van Broeckhoven, Christine ^b   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THICKNESS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0031026879     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)09328-2     Document Type: Article

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