Hippocampal, amygdalar, and global brain atrophy in different apolipoprotein E genotypes

Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 746-748

  Den Heijer, T ^a   Oudkerk, M ^b   Launer, L J ^c   Van Duijn, C M ^a   Hofman, A ^a   Breteler, M M B ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0037056310     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.59.5.746     Document Type: Article

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