Allelic frequencies at the ACE and LRPAP1 loci suggest age-related relationships in a Northern Italian population

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 102-106

  Santovito, Alfredo ^a   Bulgarello, Claudio ^b   Cervella, Piero ^a   Bigatti, Maria Paola ^a   Delpero, Massimiliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Casa di Cura Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cardiovascular disease; Gene polymorphism; Longevity

Indexed keywords

ACE PROTEIN, HUMAN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ALLELE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; GENOTYPE; LONGEVITY; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION GENETICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; LDL-RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847185939     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460601079845     Document Type: Article

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