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Investigation of the effect of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) polymorphisms on the risk of late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) and quantitative measures of AD progression.
Neuroscience letters - 13 May 2005
Desai Purnima, Nebes Robert, DeKosky Steven T, Kamboh M Ilyas
Abstract excerpt
BDNF is a functional candidate gene for AD, owing to its role in neuronal development and survival. The Val66Met (G196A), along with another C270T polymorphism has been associated with AD, however, the effects seem to be inconsistent across studies. We examined the association of the G196A and C270T polymorphisms with sporadic late-onset AD (LOAD) in a large American White cohort of 995 AD cases and 671 controls...
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