Apolipoprotein-E ε4 allele frequency and conferred risk for Cuban Americans with Alzheimer's disease

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 254-256

  Sevush, Steven ^a,b   Peruyera, Gloria ^a   Crawford, Fiona ^a   Mullan, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; UNITED STATES; AGED; ALLELE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISPANIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGED; ALLELES; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CUBA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GENOTYPE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033623925     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-200008000-00013     Document Type: Article

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