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Current knowledge of chromosome 12 susceptibility genes for late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Nov 2006
D'Introno Alessia, Solfrizzi Vincenzo, Colacicco Anna Maria, Capurso Cristiano, Amodio Margherita, Todarello Orlando, Capurso Antonio, Kehoe Patrick G, Panza Francesco
Abstract excerpt
In the last decade, it has become more apparent the important role genes play in the development of late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD). Great efforts, involving human genome scans and candidate gene studies, have been given towards identifying susceptibility genes for AD. A number of regions on different chromosomes have been reported to demonstrate linkage for AD. Of these, findings on chromosome 12 are some of...
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