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Alpha-1 antichymotrypsin and alpha-2 macroglobulin gene polymorphisms are not associated with Korean late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Neuroscience letters - 20 Apr 2001
Ki C S, Na D L, Kim H J, Kim J W
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a multifactorial disorder with possible involvement of several genetic and environmental factors. For late-onset AD (LOAD), the epsilon4 allele of apolipoprotein E (APOE) has been identified as a major susceptible gene. However, the observation that APOE epsilon4 accounted for approximately one half of the genetic variance of LOAD prompted many researchers to undertake genome surveys...
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