Lack of association between mtDNA haplogroups and Alzheimer's disease in Tuscany

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 142-147

  Mancuso, M ^a   Nardini, M ^a   Micheli, D ^a   Rocchi, A ^a   Nesti, C ^a   Giglioli, N J ^a   Petrozzi, L ^a   Rossi, C ^a   Ceravolo, R ^a   Bacci, A ^a   Choub, A ^a   Ricci, G ^a   Tognoni, G ^a   Manca, M L ^a   Siciliano, G ^a   Murri, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Haplogroups; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; RISK REDUCTION;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34447265267     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-007-0807-z     Document Type: Article

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