Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 288, Issue 1 , Pages 167-169 , 15 January 2010

APOE ε4 is a high-risk factor for Alzheimer's disease in the Mongolian population

  • Huriletemuer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, China
    • Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical College, Hohhot 010050, China
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Binbin Wang

      Affiliations

    • National Research Institute for Family Planning, Beijing, 100081, China
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Jing Wang

      Affiliations

    • National Research Institute for Family Planning, Beijing, 100081, China
    • Graduate School, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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  • Guan Wang

      Affiliations

    • Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin China
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  • Chunyu Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical College, Hohhot 010050, China
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  • Shigang Zhao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical College, Hohhot 010050, China
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  • Sirui Zhou

      Affiliations

    • National Research Institute for Family Planning, Beijing, 100081, China
    • Graduate School, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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  • Xu Ma

      Affiliations

    • National Research Institute for Family Planning, Beijing, 100081, China
    • World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research in Human Reproduction, Beijing, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Xu Ma is to be contacted at Center for Genetics, National Research Institute for Family Planning, 12, Dahuisi Road, Haidian, Beijing, 100081, China. Tel.: +86 10 62176870; fax: +86 10 62179151. Wang, Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical College, Hohhot 010050, China.
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  • De Sheng Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Xu Ma is to be contacted at Center for Genetics, National Research Institute for Family Planning, 12, Dahuisi Road, Haidian, Beijing, 100081, China. Tel.: +86 10 62176870; fax: +86 10 62179151. Wang, Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical College, Hohhot 010050, China.

Received 10 May 2009 ,Revised 26 August 2009 ,Accepted 28 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.08.058

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 288, Issue 1 , Pages 167-169 , 15 January 2010

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