Genetic variation in apolipoprotein D affects the risk of Alzheimer disease in African-Americans

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 116 B, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 98-101

  Desai, Purnima P ^a   Hendrie, Hugh C ^b   Evans, Rebecca M ^b   Murrell, Jill R ^b   DeKosky, Steven T ^a,c   Kamboh, M Ilyas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AD; African Americans; Alzheimer disease; APOD; Apolipoprotein D; Association study; Polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN D GENE; ARTICLE; CODON; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; NERVE DEGENERATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0042326231     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.10798     Document Type: Article

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