Determination of Alzheimer's disease risk using apolipoprotein E and . alpha.

摘要

The invention is directed to a method for screening for the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) in a subject by detecting the presence or absence of the APOE4 allele and the presence or absence of the ACT alleles which modify the risk of AD associated with the APOE4 allele. The invention offers a non-invasive method to identify individuals at high risk for the development of AD.