Inheritance of the ApoE ε4 allele increases the rate of brain atrophy in dementia patients

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 262-268

  Wahlund, Lars Olof ^a   Julin, Per ^a   Lannfelt, Lars ^a   Lindqvist, Johan ^a   Svensson, Leif ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Brain atrophy; Longitudinal study; Stereology; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ATROPHY; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0032587932     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017130     Document Type: Article

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