Does APOE explain the linkage of Alzheimer's disease to chromosome 19q13?

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 778-783

  Blom, Elin S ^a,h   Holmans, Peter ^b   Arepalli, Sampath ^c   Adighibe, Omanma ^c   Hamshere, Marian L ^b   Gatz, Margaret ^d,e   Pedersen, Nancy L ^d,e   Bergem, A L Mina ^f   Owen, Michael J ^b   Hollingworth, Paul ^b   Goate, Alison ^g   Williams, Julie ^b   Lannfelt, Lars ^a   Hardy, John ^c   Wavrant De Vrièze, Fabienne ^c   Glaser, Anna ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age at onset; Alzheimer's disease; APOE; Apolipoprotein E; Linkage

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 19Q; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NORWAY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE OF ONSET; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 19; FAMILY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SIBLINGS; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51449115618     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30681     Document Type: Article

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