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PEN2 is not a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease in a large family sample.
Neurology - 27 Jan 2004
Bertram L, Menon R, Mullin K, Parkinson M, Bradley M L, Blacker D, Tanzi R E
Abstract excerpt
PEN2 is a reasonable Alzheimer's disease (AD) candidate gene because it is a necessary component of the gamma-secretase complex that generates beta-amyloid peptide. Moreover, its gene (PEN2) maps to a highly significant linkage region on chromosome 19q13. Four common polymorphisms in PEN2 were tested for genetic association with AD in a large and carefully ascertained AD family sample (789 subjects from 202...
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