HLA-DR alleles are not associated with late-onset sporadic Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 147-149

  Middleton, Derek ^a   Vahidassr, Djamil M ^a   Savage, David A ^a   Mawhinney, Heather ^a   Curran, Martin D ^a   Passmore, Peter A ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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