RXRA gene variations influence Alzheimer's disease risk and cholesterol metabolism

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 589-598

  Kölsch, Heike ^a,d   Lütjohann, Dieter ^a   Jessen, Frank ^a   Popp, Julius ^a   Hentschel, Frank ^b   Kelemen, Peter ^b   Friedrichs, Silvia ^a   Maier, T A Wolfgang ^a   Heun, Reinhard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Association; Cholesterol; Retinoic X receptor ; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA;

EID: 63049087100     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2009.00383.x     Document Type: Article

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