The hemochromatosis gene affects the age of onset of sporadic Alzheimer's disease

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 563-568

  Sampietro, M ^a   Caputo, L ^a   Casatta, A ^a   Meregalli, M ^a   Pellagatti, A ^a   Tagliabue, J ^a   Annoni, G ^a   Vergani, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; APOE; Dementia; Disease onset; Hemochromatosis; Iron; Mutation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATION RATE; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034964682     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(01)00219-6     Document Type: Article

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