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The H+ allele of the lipoprotein lipase (LPL) HindIII intronic polymorphism and the risk for sporadic late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Neuroscience letters - 2 Sept 2004
Scacchi Renato, Gambina Giuseppe, Broggio Elisabetta, Moretto Giuseppe, Ruggeri Maria, Corbo Rosa Maria
Abstract excerpt
A sample of 243 Italian patients affected by the sporadic late-onset form of Alzheimer's disease (AD) was studied for the HindIII intronic polymorphism of the lipoprotein lipase (LPL) gene and compared with a sample of 148 healthy subjects. Since this polymorphism has been reported to be associated with CAD and because the two pathologies share common aspects, we decided to study it in AD too. We found a...
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