The apolipoprotein E ε4 allele is not a significant risk factor for frontotemporal dementia

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 134-138

  Geschwind, Dan ^a   Karrim, Juliana ^a   Nelson, Stanley F ^a   Miller, Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BASE SEQUENCE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031597685     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410440122     Document Type: Article

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