What is the relationship among atherosclerosis markers, apolipoprotein E polymorphism and dementia?

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 679-682

  Altamura, C ^b   Squitti, R ^c   Pasqualetti, P ^c   Tibuzzi, F ^c,d   Silvestrini, M ^e   Ventriglia, M C ^c   Cassetta, E ^d   Rossini, P M ^b,c,d   Vernieri, F ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b Università Campus Bio Medico ^*  (Italy)

^c IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^d FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer dementia; Apolipoprotein E polymorphism; Carotid atherosclerosis; intimamedia thickness; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; ALLELE; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTIMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 34249822830     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2007.01714.x     Document Type: Article

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