Age at onset: Important marker of genetic heterogeneity in Alzheimer's disease

Pharmacogenomics Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 138-140

  Martins, R N ^a,b   Hallmayer, J ^c  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; PRESENILIN 1; PRESENILIN 2;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME 4; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NOTE; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

AGE OF ONSET; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; LOD SCORE;

EID: 2942749992     PISSN: 1470269X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.tpj.6500239     Document Type: Note

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