Analysis of alpha-2-macroglobulin-2 allele as a risk factor in Alzheimer's disease

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 305-308

  Nicosia, Francesca ^a   Alberici, Antonella ^a   Benussi, Luisa ^a   Gasparini, Laura ^a   Ghidoni, Roberta ^a   Mazzoli, Federica ^a   Zanetti, Orazio ^a   Frisoni, Giovanni Battista ^a   Geroldi, Cristina ^a   Binetti, Giuliano ^a  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpha 2 macroglobulin; Alzheimer's disease; Apolipoprotein E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; NUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 17844394165     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000051274     Document Type: Article

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