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A polymorphism in the cystatin C gene is a novel risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Neurology - 26 Sept 2000
Crawford F C, Freeman M J, Schinka J A, Abdullah L I, Gold M, Hartman R, Krivian K, Morris M D, Richards D, Duara R, Anand R, Mullan M J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether or not a coding polymorphism in the cystatin C gene (CST3) contributes risk for AD. DESIGN: A case-control genetic association study of a Caucasian dataset of 309 clinic- and community-based cases and 134 community-based controls. RESULTS: The authors find a signficant interaction between the GG genotype of CST3 and age/age of onset on risk for AD, such that in the over-80 age...
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