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Heat shock protein 70 and tumor necrosis factor alpha in Taiwanese patients with dementia.
Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders - 1 Jan 2005
Fung H C, Chen C M, Wu Y R, Hsu W C, Ro L S, Lin J C, Chang K H, Wang H K, Lin S J, Chan H, Lin Y Y, Wei S L, Hsu Y, Hwang J C, Tung L C, Lee-Chen G-J
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This study was to determine whether polymorphisms of heat shock protein 70-1 (HSP70-1) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) are associated with the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD). Using the criteria of the NINCDS-ADRDA and NINDS-AIREN, 125 AD patients, 57 VaD patients and 109 ethnically matched nondemented controls were enrolled. The HSP70-1 -110 A/C and TNF-alpha -1031 T/C,...
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