Prevalence of Apolipoprotein E4 genotype and homozygotes (APOE e4/4) among patients diagnosed with alzheimer's disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-17

  Ward, Alex ^a   Crean, Sheila ^a   Mercaldi, Catherine J ^a   Collins, Jenna M ^a   Boyd, Dylan ^a   Cook, Michael N ^b   Arrighi, H Michael ^c  

^a UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Apolipoprotein E; Epidemiology; Meta analysis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMBASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NORTH AMERICA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ASIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 83455230813     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000334607     Document Type: Review

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