Apolipoprotein E genotype and Alzheimer's disease in Hong Kong elderly Chinese

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 146-149

  Mak, Y T ^a   Chiu, H ^a   Woo, J ^a   Kay, R ^a   Chan, Y S ^a   Hui, E ^a   Sze, K H ^a   Lum, C ^a   Kwok, T ^a   Pang, C P ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 9344246908     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.1.146     Document Type: Article

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