The genetics of Alzheimer's disease

Journal of the British Menopause Society

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 20-23

  Holmes, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Association; Dementia; Genetics; Linkage

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; CATHEPSIN D; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; INTERLEUKIN 1; LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; PRESENILIN 1; PRESENILIN 2;

ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 12; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TWINS;

EID: 0036127857     PISSN: 13621807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/136218002100321541     Document Type: Review

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