Systematic meta-analyses of Alzheimer disease genetic association studies: The AlzGene database

Nature Genetics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-23

  Bertram, Lars ^a   McQueen, Matthew B ^b,c   Mullin, Kristina ^a   Blacker, Deborah ^a,b   Tanzi, Rudolph E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN C1; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHRNB2 GENE; CST3 GENE; DATA BASE; ESR1 GENE; GAPDHS GENE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; IDE GENE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MTHFR GENE; NCSTN GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRNP GENE; PSEN1 GENE; RISK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TF GENE; TFAM GENE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 33845892752     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1934     Document Type: Article

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