Alzheimers disease is not associated with the hypertension genetic risk factors PLA2 or G protein β3, either independently or interactively with apolipoprotein E

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 465-468

  Town, Terrence ^a,c   Paris, Daniel ^a   Parker, Timothy A ^a   Kundtz, Amy ^a   Tan, Jun ^a   Duara, Ranjan ^b   Gold, Michael ^a   Crawford, Fiona ^a   Mullan, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimers disease; Chromosome 12; G protein; Hypertension; Phospholipase A2

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; PHOSPHOLIPASE A;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 12; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033569785     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19991015)88:5<465::AID-AJMG5>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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