Linkage to 20p13 including the ANGPT4 gene in families with mixed Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 649-655

  Sillén, Anna ^a   Brohede, Jesper ^a   Lilius, Lena ^a   Forsell, Charlotte ^a   Andrade, Jorge ^b,e   Odeberg, Jacob ^b   Ebise, Hayao ^c   Winblad, Bengt ^a   Graff, Caroline ^a,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

^c Research Laboratory Division   (Japan)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e Eli Lilly Singapore Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; ANGPT4; association study; candidate genes; familial dementia; linkage analysis; SNP

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANGIOGENESIS; ANGPT4 GENE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 13P; CHROMOSOME 20P; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PHENOTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANGIOPOIETINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 20; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOD SCORE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 78049282432     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2010.79     Document Type: Article

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