Apolipoprotein E genotype does not affect the age of onset of dementia in families with defined tau mutations

H Houlden, P Rizzu, M Stevens, P de Knijff, C M van Duijn, J C van Swieten, P Heutink, J Perez-Tur, V Thomas, M Baker, H Morris, M Rossor, J C Jannsen, R C Petersen, P Dodd, F Dark, B Boeve, D Dickson, P Davies, S Pickering-BrownD Mann, J Adamson, T Lynch, H Payami, J Hardy

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Abstract

We have assessed whether apolipoprotein E (ApoE) genotype influences the age of onset of dementia in a series of families with frontal temporal dementia with defined mutations in the tau gene. In contrast to the situation in Alzheimer's disease (AD), we could find no evidence that the age of onset of disease was influenced by the ApoE genotype.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)193-5
Number of pages3
JournalNeuroscience letters
Volume260
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - 5 Feb 1999

Keywords

  • Age of Onset
  • Aged
  • Apolipoproteins E
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17
  • Dementia
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Mutation, Missense
  • Parkinson Disease
  • tau Proteins
  • Journal Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

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