Apolipoprotein E polymorphism in elderly Chilean people with Alzheimer's disease

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 48-52

  Quiroga, Pilar ^a,c   Calvo, Carlos ^a   Albala, Cecilia ^b   Urquidi, Julio ^a   Santos, José L ^b   Pérez, Heberto ^a   Klaassen, Gonzalo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c NONE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; ApoE alleles; Dementia

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CHILE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0032889860     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026195     Document Type: Article

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