METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING SENILE DEMENTIA OF ALZHEIMER TYPE AND ITS ONSET RISK, AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING AGE AT ITS ONSET

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for diagnosing senile dementia of Alzheimer type or its onset risk with a higher degree of certainty than that of a well- known method. ;SOLUTION: This method for diagnosing senile dementia of Alzheimer type which is provided is to examine (1) whether or not apolipoprotein E gene is of the ε 4 type, and (2) whether or not mitochondria-type aldehyde dehydrogenase gene 2 is of the ALDH2*2 type.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2001,JPO