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Lookup NU author(s): Alan Leake, Emeritus Professor Robert Perry, Professor Ian McKeith, Professor Jim Edwardson, Dr Christopher Morris
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Apolipoprotein E (APO E) genotypes were determined in a UK population of neuropathologically confirmed control cases, and in cases of Lewy body dementia (SDLT) and late onset Alzheimer's disease (AD). APO E epsilon 4 allele frequency was significantly elevated in both SDLT and AD groups with a concomitant reduction in the APO E epsilon 3 allele frequency. The epsilon 2 allele frequency in the AD group was only 25% of the control population, though because of the relatively small sample size this reduction was not significant; the epsilon 2 allele frequency in the SDLT group was normal. No significant association was found between senile plaque density and neurofibrillary tangle density in the neocortex and APO E allele dose in either SDLT or AD. Although the possession of APO E epsilon 4 is associated with an increased risk of developing SDLT and AD, actual APO E genotype does not appear to affect the burden of pathology. (C) 1995 Academic Press Limited.
Author(s): McKeith IG; Edwardson JA; Perry RH; Leake A; Morris CM; Benjamin R; Ince PG
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Neurodegeneration
Year: 1995
Volume: 4
Issue: 4
Pages: 443-448
Print publication date: 01/12/1995
ISSN (print): 1055-8330
ISSN (electronic): 1522-9661
Publisher: Academic Press
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/neur.1995.0053
DOI: 10.1006/neur.1995.0053
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