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Interleukin-1 and the immunogenetics of Alzheimer disease.
Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology - 1 Jun 2000
Mrak R E, Griffin W S
Abstract excerpt
Established genetic causes of familial Alzheimer disease (AD) involve genes for beta-amyloid precursor protein (betaAPP), presenilin-1, and presenilin-2. For the more common sporadic forms of AD, increased risk has been associated with a number of genes; the most important of which is the epsilon4 allele of apolipoprotein E. Two recent studies, one clinical and one using postmortem material, now show increased...
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