PEMT G523A (V175M) is associated with sporadic Alzheimer's disease in a Chinese population

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 505-508

  Bi, Xiu Hua ^a   Zhao, Hua Lu ^a   Zhang, Zhen Xin ^b   Zhang, Jun Wu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Association study; Chinese; Homocysteine; Phosphatidylethanolamine N methyltransferase; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; HOMOCYSTEINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84859160605     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: 15591166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-011-9630-3     Document Type: Article

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