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Polymorphisms in the CYP19 gene confer increased risk for Alzheimer disease.
Neurology - 13 Apr 2004
Iivonen S, Corder E, Lehtovirta M, Helisalmi S, Mannermaa A, Vepsäläinen S, Hänninen T, Soininen H, Hiltunen M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Brain aromatase may be neuroprotective by increasing the local estrogen levels in injured neurons. Aromatase is encoded by the CYP19 gene located at 15q21.1, a chromosomal region in linkage disequilibrium (LD) with Alzheimer disease (AD) in this sample. OBJECTIVE: To investigate wheth...
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