Article
5-HT2A T102C receptor polymorphism and neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease.
International journal of geriatric psychiatry - 1 Jun 2004
Lam Linda Chiu Wa, Tang Nelson Leung Sang, Ma Suk Ling, Zhang Weimin, Chiu Helen Fung Kum
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between 5-HT(2A) receptor polymorphism and neuropsychiatric (NP) symptoms in Chinese elderly with Alzheimer's disease (AD). METHODS: This case-control study evaluated Chinese subjects with AD first presented to an university affiliated psychogeriatric clinic. Eighty-seven subjects with NINCDS-ADRDA diagnosis for probable and possible AD were recruited consecutively from...
Topics
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alzheimer Disease
- Case-Control Studies
- Delusions
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Neuropsychological Tests
- Polymorphism, Genetic
