Mitochondrial DNA variants in a Portuguese population of patients with Alzheimer's disease

European Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 121-124

  Grazina, Manuela ^a,b   Silva, Filipe ^b,c   Santana, Isabel ^c   Pratas, João ^b   Santiago, Beatriz ^c   Oliveira, Miguel ^b   Carreira, Isabel ^a   Cunha, Luís ^b,c   Oliveira, Catarina ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Alzheimer's disease; Mitochondrial DNA; NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1; Nucleotides

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; PORTUGAL;

EID: 20844462230     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085555     Document Type: Article

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