Apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 allele is not associated with age at onset or MMSE of Parkinson's disease in a Korean study

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 615-617

  Ryu, Hye Guk ^a   Kwon, Oh Dae ^b  

^a Daegu University   (South Korea)

^b Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Age at onset; Apolipoprotein E; MMSE; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

AGED; ALLELE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; KOREA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77958152870     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2010.06.015     Document Type: Letter

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