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Association study for a functional serotonin transporter gene polymorphism and late-onset Alzheimer's disease for Chinese patients.
Neuropsychobiology - 1 Jan 2001
Tsai S J, Hong C J, Liu T Y, Cheng C Y, Liu H C
Abstract excerpt
Two recent studies have demonstrated an association for a deletion/insertion polymorphism within the promoter region of the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTTLPR), and Alzheimer's disease (AD). According to these studies, subjects with the short variant of the 5-HTTLPR gene are at increased risk for AD; however, this finding has not been confirmed by other workers. To evaluate the role of the 5-HTTLPR gene in...
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