APOLIPOPROTEIN-E GENOTYPES AND AGE-OF-ONSET IN EARLY-ONSET FAMILIAL ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE

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LEVYLAHAD, E
LAHAD, A
WIJSMAN, EM
BIRD, TD
SCHELLENBERG, GD
机构
[1] VET AFFAIRS MED CTR,CTR GERIATR RES EDUC & CLIN,SEATTLE,WA 98108
[2] UNIV WASHINGTON,DIV MED GENET,SEATTLE,WA 98195
[3] UNIV WASHINGTON,DIV GERONTOL & GERIATR MED,SEATTLE,WA
[4] UNIV WASHINGTON,DEPT MED,SEATTLE,WA
[5] UNIV WASHINGTON,DEPT BIOSTAT,SEATTLE,WA 98195
[6] UNIV WASHINGTON,SCH PUBL HLTH,SEATTLE,WA 98195
[7] VET AFFAIRS MED CTR,DEPT NEUROL,SEATTLE,WA 98108
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10.1002/ana.410380420
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
The effect of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) epsilon 4 allele on age of onset was analyzed in two groups of families with early-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD), (1) Volga German (VG) kindreds, in which AD is caused by an unknown locus and (2) early-onset non-VG families showing evidence of linkage to chromosome 14. The epsilon 4 allele did not have a detectable effect on age of onset in either group. This finding suggests some forms of early-onset familial AD are not modifiable by APOE status, or that AD can be caused by APOE-independent pathways.
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