Apolipoprotein E Pittsburgh variant is not associated with the risk of late-onset Alzheimer's disease in a Spanish population

No association between the very low dens

No association between the very low density lipoprotein receptor gene and late-onset Alzheimer's disease nor interaction with the apolipoprotein E gene in population-based and clinic samples

✍ Danielle Fallin; Ann C. Gauntlett; Paul Scibelli; Xingang Cai; Ranjan Duara; Mic 📂 Article 📅 1997 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 26 KB 👁 1 views

It is now commonly known that possession of one of the three common alleles of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene (allele epsilon 4) confers an increased risk for both familial and sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD), and that this risk is dose-dependent. Other genes that may play a role in AD, either t