Apolipoprotein e polymorphism in elderly East Africans

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 668-670

  Sayi, J G ^a,b   Patel, N B ^c   Premkumar, D R D ^a   Adem, A ^d   Winblad, B ^d   Matuja, W B ^b   Mtui, E P ^b   Gatere, S ^e   Friedland, R P ^a   Koss, E ^a   Kalaria, R N ^a,f  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MUHIMBILI MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e Avenue Hospital   (Kenya)

^f CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; BLOOD SCREENING; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KENYA; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TANZANIA;

AFRICA, (EAST);

EID: 0031421526     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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