Tau gene polymorphisms and apolipoprotein E ε4 may interact to increase risk for Alzheimer's disease

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-32

  Lilius, Lena ^a   Froelich Fabre, Susanne ^a   Basun, Hans ^a   Forsell, Charlotte ^a   Axelman, Karin ^a   Mattila, Kari ^a   Andreadis, Athena ^b   Viitanen, Matti ^a   Winblad, Bengt ^a   Fratiglioni, Laura ^a,c   Lannfelt, Lars ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Apolipoprotein E; Gene; Polymorphism; Tau

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0032709066     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00833-2     Document Type: Article

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