Apolipoprotein E e4 allele frequency in patients with multiple system atrophy

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 221, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 161-164

  Cairns, Nigel J ^a   Atkinson, Penny F ^a   Kovács, Tibor ^a   Lees, Andrew J ^b   Daniel, Susan E ^b   Lantos, Peter L ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; apolipoprotein E; multiple system atrophy; polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME;

AGED; ALLELES; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ATROPHY; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DNA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031036172     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)13316-4     Document Type: Article

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