No association between the K variant of the butyrylcholinesterase gene and pathologically confirmed Alzheimer's disease

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 937-939

  Singleton, Andrew B ^a   Smith, Graeme ^a   Gibson, Alison M ^a   Woodward, Rebecca ^a   Perry, Robert H ^a   Ince, Paul G ^a   Edwardson, James A ^a   Morris, Christopher M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLINESTERASE; ENZYME VARIANT;

ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BRAIN; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; DNA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; POINT MUTATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENILE PLAQUES;

EID: 0031945027     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/7.5.937     Document Type: Article

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