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The ACE gene and Alzheimer's disease susceptibility.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Sept 2000
Narain Y, Yip A, Murphy T, Brayne C, Easton D, Evans J G, Xuereb J, Cairns N, Esiri M M, Furlong R A, Rubinsztein D C
Abstract excerpt
A recent study suggested that the insertion (I) allele in intron 16 of the angiotensin converting enzyme gene (ACE) is associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk. In our series of 239 necropsy confirmed late onset AD cases and 342 elderly non-demented controls aged >73 years, we found significantly different ACE genotype distributions in the case and control groups (p=0.007). Homozygotes for both the I and D...
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