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Genotype and plasma concentration of cystatin C in patients with late-onset Alzheimer disease.
Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders - 1 Jan 2007
Chuo Liang-Jen, Sheu Wayne H H, Pai Ming-Chyi, Kuo Yu-Min
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A polymorphism locating at position 73 of cystatin C (CST3) exon 1 was suggested to be associated with Alzheimer disease (AD), but with contradictory results. The relationship between the CST3 genotype and the cystatin C plasma level in AD remains unknown. OBJECTIVE: We aim to determine the association between CST3 polymorphism and the plasma levels of cystatin C in AD and nondemented control...
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