Cystatin C as a risk factor for Alzheimer disease

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 755-757

  Cathcart, H M ^a   Huang, R ^a   Lanham, I S ^a   Corder, E H ^c   Poduslo, S E ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTATIN C; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UPREGULATION;

EID: 13844309598     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000151980.42337.44     Document Type: Article

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