Is M129V of PRNP gene associated with Alzheimer's disease? A case-control study and a meta-analysis

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 770.e1-770.e5

  Del Bo, Roberto ^a   Scarlato, Marina ^a   Ghezzi, Serena ^a   Martinelli Boneschi, Filippo ^b   Fenoglio, Chiara ^a   Galimberti, Gloria ^c,d   Galbiati, Sara ^a   Virgilio, Roberta ^a   Galimberti, Daniela ^a   Ferrarese, Carlo ^c,d,e   Scarpini, Elio ^a   Bresolin, Nereo ^a,e   Comi, Giacomo Pietro ^a  

^a Centre of Excellence on Neurodegenerative Diseases   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; APOE; Genetic risk factor; Meta analysis; Prion protein gene; PRNP variability

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; PRION PROTEIN; VALINE;

AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CODON; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33646472022     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2005.05.025     Document Type: Article

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