Association study of MICA and MICB in Alzheimer's disease: BRIEF COMMUNICATION

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 241-243

  Quiroga, I ^a,b,f   Lehmann, D J ^c,d   Barnardo, M C N M ^a,b   Fuggle, S ^a,b   Cortina Borja, M ^e   Warden, D R ^c,d   Smith, A D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Homozygote; Natural killer cells; NKG2D; Synergy factor; T cells

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 68249118254     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2009.01297.x     Document Type: Article

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