Association analysis between Alzheimer's disease and the Nicastrin gene polymorphisms

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 333, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 115-118

  Orlacchio, Antonio ^a,b,c,d   Kawarai, Toshitaka ^c,d   Polidoro, Mario ^e   Stefani, Alessandro ^b   Orlacchio, Aldo ^e   St George Hyslop, Peter H ^c,d   Bernardi, Giorgio ^a,b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Nicastrin gene; Single nucleotide polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; NICASTRIN; PRESENILIN 1; PRESENILIN 2;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETICS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN SECRETASES; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0037159588     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)01022-4     Document Type: Article

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