Apolipoprotein E and age at onset of Alzheimer's disease in African American patients

Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1923-1925

  Goldstein, F C ^a   Ashley, A V ^a   Gearing, M ^a   Hanfelt, J ^b   Penix, L ^c   Freedman, L J ^a   Levey, A I ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035960569     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.57.10.1923     Document Type: Article

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