APOE polymorphism as a potential determinant of functional fitness in the elderly regardless of nutritional status

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 51-54

  Snejdrlova, Michaela ^a   Kalvach, Zdenek ^a   Topinkova, Eva ^a   Vrablik, Michal ^a   Prochazkova, Renata ^a   Kvasilova, Marie ^a   Lanska, Vera ^b   Zlatohlavek, Lukas ^a   Prusikova, Martina ^a   Ceska, Richard ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E; Frailty; Functional fitness; Gene polymorphism; Life expectancy

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FITNESS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84857376465     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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