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Prion protein gene M129 allele is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease.
Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) - 1 Nov 2006
Gacia M, Safranow K, Styczyńska M, Jakubowska K, Pepłońska B, Chodakowska-Zebrowska M, Przekop I, Słowik A, Golańska E, Hułas-Bigoszewska K, Chlubek D, Religa D, Zekanowski C, Barcikowska M
Abstract excerpt
Prion protein gene polymorphism M129V represents a known risk factor for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Recently, the meta-analysis revealed that homozygosity at codon 129 is connected with increased risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD). To determine whether M129V polymorphism is a risk factor for AD we analyzed a group of early-onset, and late-onset Polish AD patients. We observed that in LOAD patients there is a...
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