Depletion of potential A2M risk haplotype for Alzheimer's disease in long-lived individuals

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-61

  Flachsbart, Friederike ^a   Caliebe, Amke ^a   Nothnagel, Michael ^a   Kleindorp, Rabea ^a   Nikolaus, Susanna ^a   Schreiber, Stefan ^a   Nebel, Almut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

A2M; age related diseases; alpha2 macroglobulin; Alzheimer's disease; centenarians; longevity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; LONGEVITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LONGEVITY;

EID: 77449161306     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2009.136     Document Type: Article

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