Lack of association of the α2-macroglobulin locus on chromosome 12 in AD

Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 433-438

  Gibson, A M ^a   Singleton, A B ^a   Smith, G ^a   Woodward, R ^a   McKeith, I G ^a   Perry, R H ^a   Ince, P G ^a   Ballard, C G ^a   Edwardson, J A ^a   Morris, C M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AD; Apolipoprotein E; Chromosome 12; Polymorphism; 2 Macroglobulin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CHROMOSOME 12; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ALLELE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SENILE PLAQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SENILE PLAQUES;

EID: 0034711618     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.54.2.433     Document Type: Article

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