Serum cholesterol, APOE genotype, and the risk of Alzheimer's disease: A population-based study of African Americans

Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 240-242

  Evans, R M ^a   Emsley, C L ^a   Gao, S ^a   Sahota, A ^b   Hall, K S ^a   Farlow, M R ^a   Hendrie, Hugh C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AD; African American; APOE genotype; Cholesterol

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033958076     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.54.1.240     Document Type: Article

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