Modulation by age and gender of risk for Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia associated with the apolipoprotein E-ε4 allele in Latin Americans: Findings from the Maracaibo Aging Study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 307, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-8

  Molero, Aldrin E ^a   Pino Ramírez, Gloria ^b   Maestre, Gladys E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^b Universidad Rafael Urdaneta   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E; Caribbean; Dementia; Elderly; Population based; Risk

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENEZUELA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0035816502     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)01911-5     Document Type: Article

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