Genetic association of an α2-macroglobulin (Val1000Ile) polymorphism and Alzheimer's disease

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1953-1956

  Liao, A ^a   Nitsch, R M ^b   Greenberg, S M ^a   Finckh, U ^b   Blacker, D ^a   Albert, M ^a   Rebeck, G W ^a   Gomez Isla, T ^a   Clatworthy, A ^a   Binetti, G ^c   Hock, C ^d   Mueller Thomsen, T ^b   Mann, U ^b   Zuchowski, K ^b   Beisiegel, U ^b   Staehelin, H ^d   Growdon, J H ^a   Tanzi, R E ^a   Hyman, B T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; RECEPTOR; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; DNA; ISOLEUCINE; VALINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; ALLELE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PATHOLOGY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALLELES; ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; DNA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ISOLEUCINE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VALINE;

EID: 7844252287     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/7.12.1953     Document Type: Article

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