Genetic association of α2-macroglobulin polymorphisms with AD in southern Italy

Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 756-758

  Zappia, M ^a,c   Cittadella, R ^c   Manna, I ^c   Nicoletti, G ^c   Andreoli, V ^c   Bonavita, S ^b   Gambardella, A ^a,c   Quattrone, A ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

^d Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; RISK;

AGED; ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0037055957     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.59.5.756     Document Type: Article

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