A presenilin-1 truncating mutation is present in two cases with autopsy- confirmed early-onset Alzheimer disease

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-76

  Tysoe, Carolyn ^a   Whittaker, Joanne ^a   Xuereb, John ^a   Cairns, Nigel J ^b   Cruts, Marc ^c   Van Broeckhoven, Christine ^c   Wilcock, Gordon ^d   Rubinsztein, David C ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PRESENILIN 1;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; MISSENSE MUTATION; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

EID: 0031893609     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301672     Document Type: Article

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