Genetic risk factors in familial Alzheimer's disease

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 122, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 1951-1960

  Sorbi, Sandro ^a   Forleo, Paolo ^a   Tedde, Andrea ^a   Cellini, Elena ^a   Ciantelli, Monica ^a   Bagnoli, Silvia ^a   Nacmias, Benedetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

A amyloid precursor protein; Alzheimer's disease; Apolipoprotein E; Dementia; Genetics; Linkage; Presenilins

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; PRESENILIN 1; PRESENILIN 2;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 19; CHROMOSOME 21; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; HEREDODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PRESENILIN-1; PRESENILIN-2; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034805779     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(01)00308-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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