Apolipoprotein E genotype and cognitive impairment in community-dwelling black older adults

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-67

  Harwood, Dylan G ^a   Barker, Warren W ^a   Ownby, Raymond L ^a   Mullan, Michael ^a   Duara, Ranjan ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

APOE; Blacks; Cognitive impairment; Dementia

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 19; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH; RECALL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; VERBAL MEMORY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHICS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; NEGRO; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RESIDENTIAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NEGROID RACE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYMORPHISM (GENETICS); RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0035989094     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/1W2E-190C-RG27-VHUJ     Document Type: Article

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