title: Prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and apolipoprotein E allele frequencies in the Old Order Amish.
abstract: The authors examined the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and apolipoprotein E allele frequencies in the Old Order Amish. A lower frequency of dementia in the Amish does not appear to be due to a reduced E4 frequency.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Holder
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Warren
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000483:Alleles; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics*; D053327:Apolipoprotein E4; D001057:Apolipoproteins E / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010414:Pennsylvania / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D053327:Apolipoprotein E4; D001057:Apolipoproteins E