Genome-wide association study in FTD: Divide to conquer

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 643-644

  Girard, Simon L ^a,c   Rouleau, Guy A ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; C9ORF72 GENE; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 6; FRONTAL VARIANT FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GRN GENE; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MAPT GENE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE NONFLUENT APHASIA; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA;

FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84902513883     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(14)70070-5     Document Type: Note

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