Genome-Wide Association and Linkage Study in the Amish Detects a Novel Candidate Late-Onset Alzheimer Disease Gene

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 342-351

  Cummings, Anna C ^a   Jiang, Lan ^a   Velez Edwards, Digna R ^a,b   Mccauley, Jacob L ^c   Laux, Renee ^a   Mcfarland, Lynne L ^a   Fuzzell, Denise ^a   Knebusch, Clare ^a   Caywood, Laura ^c   Reinhart Mercer, Lori ^c   Nations, Laura ^c   Gilbert, John R ^c   Konidari, Ioanna ^c   Tramontana, Michael ^b   Cuccaro, Michael L ^c   Scott, William K ^c   Pericak Vance, Margaret A ^c   Haines, Jonathan L ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Amish; Founder population; GWAS; Linkage

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CATENIN ALPHA 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMISH; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 2P; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOME; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA CATENIN; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMISH; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84865099515     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2012.00721.x     Document Type: Article

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