Serum total cholesterol, apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 allele, and Alzheimer's disease.

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Published in Neuroepidemiology on January 01, 1998

Authors

I L Notkola1, R Sulkava, J Pekkanen, T Erkinjuntti, C Ehnholm, P Kivinen, J Tuomilehto, A Nissinen

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1: Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Kuopio, Finland. notkola@uku.fi

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