Mitochondrial DNA haplogroups and susceptibility to AD and dementia with Lewy bodies

Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 302-304

  Chinnery, P F ^d   Taylor, G A ^a   Howell, N ^b   Andrews, R M ^d   Morris, C M ^a   Taylor, R W ^d   McKeith, I G ^a   Perry, R H ^a   Edwardson, J A ^a   Turnbull, D M ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEWY BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033852515     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.55.2.302     Document Type: Article

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