Prevalence of dementia and apolipoprotein E genotype distribution in the elderly of Buttapietra, Verona Province, Italy

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 74-80

  Benedetti, M D ^a,c   Salviati, A ^a   Filipponi, S ^a   Manfredi, M ^a   De Togni, L ^a   Gomez Lira, M ^b   Stenta, G ^a   Fincati, E ^a   Pampanin, M ^a   Rizzuto, N ^a   Danti, G ^a  

^a Sezione Neurologia Clinica   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO BORGO ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Apolipoprotein E; Dementia; Prevalence study

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 18344366892     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000048620     Document Type: Article

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