Increased apolipoprotein E4 allele frequency is associated with vascular dementia in the Hungarian population

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 166-168

  Kalman J ^a   Juhasz A ^a   Csaszar A ^b   Kanka, A ^a   Rimanoczy A ^a   Janka, Z ^a   Rasko I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Allele polymorphism; Apolipoprotein E4; Hungarian population; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

AGED; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW;

EID: 0031671384     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1998.tb07288.x     Document Type: Review

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