Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Genetic Variants Are Not Susceptibility Factors to Alzheimer's Disease in Italy [1]

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 447-448

  Bagnoli, Silvia ^a   Nacmias, Benedetta ^a   Tedde, Andrea ^a   Guarnieri, Bianca Maria ^b   Cellini, Elena ^a   Petruzzi, Concetta ^b   Bartoli, Antonella ^b   Ortenzi, Luigi ^b   Sorbi, Sandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Casa di Cura Villa Serena   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 1442329296     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.10842     Document Type: Letter

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