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Association between presenilin-1 -48C/T polymorphism and Down's syndrome.
Neuroscience letters - 26 Aug 2004
Lucarelli Paola, Piciullo Antonella, Palmarino Mariella, Verdecchia Magda, Saccucci Patrizia, Arpino Carla, Curatolo Paolo
Abstract excerpt
Individuals with Down's syndrome (DS), i.e., trisomy 21, over 40 years of age, are likely to develop neuropathological changes characteristic of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The involvement of chromosome 21 both in DS and AD suggests a shared genetic susceptibility to these disorders, but genetic determinants are still undefined. The -48C/T polymorphism in the PSEN1 promoter is a possible candidate, since it has...
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