Abstract
Parkinson's disease (PD) patients often develop dementia, and Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients frequently develop parkinsonian signs. The apolipoprotein E ε4 allele is associated with increased risk and earlier onset of AD. We studied 137 unrelated white PD patients. Those with ε4 had the earliest onset (52.7 ± 9.8 years), ε3/ε3 patients had an intermediate onset (56.1 ± 11.1 years), and those with ε2 had the latest onset (59.1 ± 13.4 years). The age at onset distribution for ε4/ε- was significantly earlier than for ε3/ε3 and ε2/ε3. These preliminary results suggest that apolipoprotein E genotypes modulate the age at onset of PD.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 655-658 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Annals of Neurology |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 1997 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neurology
- Clinical Neurology