Association between apolipoprotein E polymorphism and Alzheimer's disease in Koreans

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 145-148

  Kim, Ki Woong ^a   Jhoo, Jin Hyeong ^a   Lee, Kang Uk ^a   Lee, Dong Young ^a   Lee, Jung Hie ^a   Youn, Ji Youn ^a   Lee, Byeong Jae ^a   Han, Sul Hee ^b   Woo, Jong Inn ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Age; Age at onset; Alzheimer's disease; Apolipoprotein E; Koreans; Risk; Sex

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; DNA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0032718938     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00867-8     Document Type: Article

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