The gene defects responsible for familial Alzheimer's disease

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 159-168

  Tanzi, Rudolph E ^a   Kovacs, Dora M ^a   Kim, Tae Wan ^a   Moir, Robert D ^a   Guenette, Suzanne Y ^a   Wasco, Wilma ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 3; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; PRESENILE DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENILE PLAQUE;

EID: 0030174981     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nbdi.1996.0016     Document Type: Review

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