Saitohin gene is not associated with Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 362-363

  Streffer, Johannes R ^a   Papassotiropoulos, A ^a   Kurosinski, P ^a   Signorell, A ^a   Wollmer, M A ^a   Tsolaki, M ^b   Iakovidou, V ^b   Horndli F ^a   Bosset, J ^a   Gotz J ^a   Nitsch, R M ^a   Hock, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; TAU PROTEIN;

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SWITZERLAND; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0037372923     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.74.3.362     Document Type: Article

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