Association between the TNFα-308 A/G polymorphism and the onset-age of Alzheimer disease

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 574-577

  Alvarez, Victoria ^a,b   Mata, Ignacio F ^a   González, Pelayo ^a   Lahoz, Carlos H ^b   Martínez, Carmen ^c   Peña, Joaquín ^b   Guisasola, Luis M ^b   Coto, Eliecer ^a  

^a IRSIN FRIAT   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE CABUEÑES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Case control studies; DNA polymorphisms; Tumor necrosis factors

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ALLELE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DNA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0037043033     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.10515     Document Type: Article

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