LACK OF ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SCHIZOPHRENIA AND THE APOLIPOPROTEIN E-EPSILON-4 ALLELE

Authors
JONSSON E LANNFELT L ENGVALL B SEDVALL G
Citation
E. Jonsson et al., LACK OF ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SCHIZOPHRENIA AND THE APOLIPOPROTEIN E-EPSILON-4 ALLELE, European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience, 246(4), 1996, pp. 182-184
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience → ACNP
ISSN journal
09401334
Volume
246
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
182 - 184
Database
ISI
SICI code
0940-1334(1996)246:4<182:LOABSA>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The association between the epsilon 4 allele of the apolipoprotein E ( APOE) gene and Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been reported. In order to examine if the epsilon 4 allele may play a role also in schizophrenia , another mental disorder, patients (n = 87) and control subjects (n = 57) were genotyped for APOE. No significant difference was found betw een the groups. The data indicate that the APOE gene is not of major i mportance for the genesis of schizophrenia.