No replication of the association between the Nicastrin gene and familial early-onset Alzheimer's disease

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 353, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-155

  Cousin, Emmanuelle ^a   Hannequin, Didier ^b   Macé, Sandrine ^a   Dubois, Bruno ^c   Ricard, Sylvain ^a   Génin, Emmanuelle ^d   Brun, Christophe ^a   Chansac, Céline ^a   Pradier, Laurent ^a   Frebourg, Thierry ^b   Brice, Alexis ^c   Campion, Dominique ^b   Deleuze, Jean François ^a  

^a Paris Research Center   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Nicastrin; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

NICASTRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 10744229348     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)01105-4     Document Type: Article

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