Shifts in angiotensin I converting enzyme insertion allele frequency across Europe: Implications for Alzheimer's disease risk [4]

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1159-1161

  Panza, Francesco ^a   Solfrizzi, V ^a   D'Introno, A ^a   Colacicco, A M ^a   Capurso, C ^a   Capurso, A ^a   Kehoe, P G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038371710     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.74.8.1159     Document Type: Letter

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