Is the ornithine transcarbamylase gene a genetic determinant of Alzheimer's disease?

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 449, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-80

  Hansmannel, Franck ^a   Lendon, Corinne ^b   Pasquier, Florence ^c   Dumont, Julie ^a   Hannequin, Didier ^d   Chapuis, Julien ^a   Laumet, Geoffroy ^a   Ayral, Anne Marie ^a   Galimberti, Daniela ^e   Scarpini, Elio ^e   Campion, Dominique ^d   Amouyel, Philippe ^a   Lambert, Jean Charles ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Association study; Ornithine transcarbamylase; Polymorphism; Urea cycle

Indexed keywords

ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 56749104122     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.10.081     Document Type: Article

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