No association detected between very-low-density lipoprotein receptor (VLDL-R) and late-onset Alzheimer's disease in Hong Kong Chinese

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-36

  Chen, Lan ^a   Baum, Larry ^a   Ng, Ho Keung ^a   Chan, Yuen Shan ^a   Mak, Ying Tat ^a   Woo, Jean ^a   Chiu, Helen ^a   Pang, Chi Pui ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Apolipoprotein E receptor; Polymorphism; Trinucleotide repeat; Very low density lipoprotein receptor (VLDLR)

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0032559197     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00975-0     Document Type: Article

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