Apolipoprotein E allele frequencies in argyrophilic grain disease

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 225-227

  Tolnay, Markus ^a   Probst, Alphonse ^a   Monsch, Andreas U ^b   Staehelin, Hannes B ^b   Egensperger, Rupert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Geriatrische Universitatsklinik   (Switzerland)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E; Argyrophilic grain disease; Dementia

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

AGED; ARGYROPHILIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E2; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBELLUM; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031710548     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050887     Document Type: Article

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