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No association between butyrylcholinesterase K-variant and Alzheimer disease in Chinese.
American journal of medical genetics - 3 Apr 2000
Lee D W, Liu H C, Liu T Y, Chi C W, Hong C J
Abstract excerpt
Increased butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) activity has been reported to be associated with the formation of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles and may consequently be involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease (AD). Because the catalytic activity of BChE-K variant is reduced by one-third compared with non-variant, we speculated that BChE-K variant has a protective effect on AD. However, Lehmann et...
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