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Age at onset: an essential variable for the definition of genetic risk factors for sporadic Alzheimer's disease.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Dec 2005
Beyer Katrin, Lao José I, Latorre Pilar, Ariza Aurelio
Abstract excerpt
The aim of our work was to detect minor loci acting as Alzheimer's disease (AD) genetic markers. We divided 206 AD patients and 186 individuals as controls into six age at onset/age-dependent groups. We studied polymorphisms of the genes of apolipoprotein E (APOE) and its promoter, cathepsin D, butyrylcholinesterase, cystatin C, methionine synthase, and cystathionine beta-synthase. Our results demonstrated that...
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