Risk of dementia in parents of probands with and without the apolipoprotein E4 allele. The EVA study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 393-398

  Danet, S ^a   Brousseau, T ^b   Richard, F ^b   Amouyel, P ^b   Berr, C ^a,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK;

EID: 0033013487     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.53.7.393     Document Type: Article

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