An association study of common variation at the MAPT locus with late-onset Alzheimer's disease

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 150, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1152-1155

  Abraham, Richard ^a   Sims, Rebecca ^a   Carroll, Liam ^a   Hollingworth, Paul ^a   O'Donovan, Michael C ^a   Williams, Julie ^a   Owen, Michael J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association study; Haplotype; Late Onset Alzheimer's disease; Microtubule associated protein; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOE4 GENE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAPT GENE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEX FACTORS; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 72049103652     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30951     Document Type: Article

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