The effect of the ApoE genotype on the association between head circumference and cognition

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 819-825

  Kim, Kyung Ran ^a   Lee, Kang Soo ^a   Kim, Eun A ^b   Cheong, Hae Kwan ^c   Oh, Byoung Hoon ^a   Hong, Chang Hyung ^d  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^d Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ApoE genotype; Brain reserve; Cognition; Elderly; Head circumference; K MMSE

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; KOREA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; WEIGHT; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS; BRAIN; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEAD; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 58849158025     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181800551     Document Type: Article

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