Article
Use of genetic variation as biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Oct 2009
Reitz Christiane, Mayeux Richard
Abstract excerpt
Late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) is the most common cause of late-onset dementia in western societies. Despite remarkable achievements in human genetics throughout the years, in particular technological advances in gene mapping and in statistical methods that relate genetic variants to disease, to date only a small proportion of the genetic contribution to LOAD can be explained leaving several remaining...
Topics
- Alzheimer Disease
- Biomarkers
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Phenotype