Preferential deposition of amyloid β protein (Aβ) in the form Aβ40 in Alzheimer's disease is associated with a gene dosage effect of the apolipoprotein E E4 allele

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 221, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 81-84

  Smith, Pauline M ^a   Bains, Jaideep S ^a   Ferguson, Alastair V ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; amyloid protein; apolipoprotein E

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE 4; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS;

EID: 0343247789     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)13294-8     Document Type: Article

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