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The Q7R polymorphism in the saitohin gene is rare in a southern Chinese population.
Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology - 1 Dec 2008
Lin Kangguang, Tang Muni, Guo Yangbo, Han Haiying, Lin Yuhua, Ma Cui
Abstract excerpt
Saitohin (STH) is thought to be involved in the pathogenesis of many neurodegenerative diseases. Recent reports were inconclusive in showing that the Q7R polymorphism in the STH gene is associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD). We examined the Q7R polymorphism in 500 subjects (LOAD: 280; controls: 220) from Guangdong, China, by the Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism method. Only one QR...
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