Atherosclerosis, apolipoprotein E and the prevalence of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in a population-based study: the Rotterdam Study
BACKGROUND: Vascular disorders have been implicated in dementia, but whether atherosclerosis is related to the most frequent type of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, is not known. The apolipoprotein-E genotype has been associated with Alzheimer's disease, and we postulate that it plays a part, together with atherosclerosis, in the aetiology of Alzheimer's disease. We investigated the frequency of dementia and its subtypes in relation to atherosclerosis and apolipoprotein E. METHODS: We di
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 1997 |
Schlagwörter: | 0 (Apolipoproteins E) / Aged / 80 and over / Alzheimer Disease/epidemiology/*etiology / Apolipoproteins E/*genetics / Arteriosclerosis/*complications/epidemiology / Cross-Sectional Studies / Dementia / Vascular/epidemiology/*etiology / Dementia/epidemiology/etiology / Female / Genotype / Human / Male / Middle Aged / Netherlands/epidemiology / Prevalence / Support / Non-U.S. Gov't |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28786446 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://repub.eur.nl/pub/5767 |