Association between HFE 187 C>G (H63D) mutation and early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease PSEN-1 839A>C (E280A) mutation

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 671-673

  Avila Gomez, I C ^a   Jimenez Del Rio M ^a   Lopera Restrepo, F ^a   Velez Pardo, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; HFE PROTEIN; PRESENILIN 1;

ADULT; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRESENILIN-1;

EID: 46949092471     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-008-0467-y     Document Type: Letter

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