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Lack of association between IDE genetic variability and Down's syndrome.
Neuroscience letters - 1 Jan 2000
Arpino Carla, Piciullo Antonella, Palmarino Mariella, Saccucci Patrizia, Galasso Cinzia, Lucarelli Paola, Curatolo Paolo
Abstract excerpt
Virtually all patients with Down's syndrome develop Alzheimer disease (AD) during their life; thus, it is extremely important to investigate potential determinants of AD in this population. Previous studies found an association of DS with -48C/T presenilin-1 and with the -850 tumor necrosis factor-alpha, two polymorphisms of genes involved in amyloid beta modulation In this study, we evaluated whether the...
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