Failure to replicate a protective effect of allele 2 of NACP/α- Synuclein polymorphism in Alzheimer's disease: An association study

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 278-281

  Hellman, Nathan E ^a   Grant, Elizabeth A ^a   Goate, Alison M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BASE SEQUENCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ODDS RATIO; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SYNUCLEINS;

EID: 0031877325     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410440223     Document Type: Article

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