Apolipoprotein E-ε4 genotype predicts a poor outcome in survivors of traumatic brain injury

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 244-248

  Friedman, G ^a   Froom, P ^c   Sazbon, L ^b   Grinblatt, I ^a   Shochina, M ^a   Tsenter, J ^a   Babaey, S ^a   Ben Yehuda, A ^a   Groswasser, Zeev ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b LOEWENSTEIN REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033554880     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.2.244     Document Type: Article

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