The apolipoprotein E ε2 allele and aging-associated health deterioration in older males [6]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1479-1480

  Kulminski, Alexander M ^a   Ukraintseva, Svetlana V ^a   Yashin, Anatoli I ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E2; DNA;

AGING; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; MEN'S HEALTH; MORTALITY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; AGED; BLOOD; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PROGNOSIS; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION;

AGED; AGING; ALLELES; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E2; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CORONARY DISEASE; DNA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 34548226799     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01311.x     Document Type: Letter

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