Alpha-1-antichymotrypsin is not associated with the increased frequency of apolipoprotein-E-epsilon-4 allele in elderly non-demented leprosy patients.

In our previous study, elderly leprosy patients showed a low prevalence of senile dementia of the Alzheimer type, but the frequency of apolipoprotein E (APO-E) σ4 was elevated in non-demented elderly