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Haplotype-based association analysis of the MAPT locus in late onset Alzheimer's disease.
BMC genetics - 31 Jan 2007
Mukherjee Odity, Kauwe John S K, Mayo Kevin, Morris John C, Goate Alison M
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BACKGROUND: Late onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) is a common sporadic form of the illness, affecting individuals above the age of 65 yrs. A prominent hypothesis for the aetiopathology of Alzheimer's disease is that in the presence of a beta-amyloid load, individuals expressing a pathogenic form of tau protein (MAPT) are at increased risk for developing the disease. Genetic studies in this pursuit have, however,...
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