Association of RFC1 A80G and MTHFR C677T polymorphisms with Alzheimer's disease

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1601-1607

  Bi, Xiu Hua ^a   Zhao, Hua Lu ^a   Zhang, Zhen Xin ^b   Zhang, Jun Wu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

5,10 Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene (MTHFR); Alzheimer's diseases; Apolipoprotein E gene (APOE); Chinese; Folate; Homocysteine; Polymorphisms; Reduced folate carrier gene (RFC1)

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CARRIER PROTEIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; REDUCED FOLATE CARRIER 1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; CHINA; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REPLICATION PROTEIN C; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 69249211287     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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