THE APOLIPOPROTEIN-E ALLELE EPSILON-4 IS OVERREPRESENTED IN PATIENTS WITH THE LEWY BODY VARIANT OF ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE

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GALASKO, D [1 ]
SAITOH, T [1 ]
XIA, Y [1 ]
THAL, LJ [1 ]
KATZMAN, R [1 ]
HILL, LR [1 ]
HANSEN, L [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO,DEPT NEUROSCI,SAN DIEGO,CA
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10.1212/WNL.44.10.1950
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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We determined apolipoprotein E (ApoE) genotypes in 122 autopsied demented patients. The frequency of the ApoE epsilon 4 allele was 39.6% in Alzheimer's disease (AD), 29.0% in the Lewy body variant of AD (LBV), and 6.25% in diffuse Lewy body disease. For AD and LBV patients, the epsilon 4 frequency was significantly higher than that reported in nondemented controls (10 to 15%). Therefore, LBV and AD share ApoE epsilon 4 as a genetic risk factor, providing further evidence that these conditions overlap.
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