Screening of two mutations at exon 3 of the apolipoprotein E gene (sites 28 and 42) in a sample of patients with sporadic late-onset Alzheimer's disease

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 339-343

  Scacchi, Renato ^a   Gambina, G ^b   Ferrari, G ^b   Corbo, R M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Hospital of Verona   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; APOE; Apolipoprotein E; Rare variants

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; LEUCINE; PROLINE; THREONINE;

AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; EXONS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POINT MUTATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037333645     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(02)00089-1     Document Type: Article

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