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Novel amyloid precursor protein gene missense mutation (D678N) in probable familial Alzheimer's disease
16 Jun 2004
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To describe a novel missense mutation, Asp678Asn (D678N), in the amyloid precursor protein (APP) gene in a Japanese pedigree of probable familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD). SUBJECT: The proband was a women of 72. Symptoms of dementia that fulfilled the criteria for probable Alzheimer's disease appeared at about 60 years of age, and slowly worsened over more than 10 years without evident cerebrovascular...
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