-1154G/A and -2578C/A polymorphisms of the vascular endothelial growth factor gene in Tunisian Alzheimer patients in relation to β-amyloid (1-42) and total tau protein

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 472, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-142

  Smach, Mohamed Ali ^a   Charfeddine, Bassem ^a   Othman, Leila Ben ^a   Lammouchi, Turkia ^b   Ltaief, Afef ^a   Nafati, Souhir ^a   Dridi, Hedi ^a   Bennamou, Soufien ^b   Limem, Khalifa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUSSE   (Tunisia)

^b SAHLOUL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Alzheimer's disease (AD); Polymorphisms; t tau; Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; TAU PROTEIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUNISIA;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TAU PROTEINS; TUNISIA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 77349102198     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.01.073     Document Type: Article

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