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Genetic influences on Alzheimer's disease: evidence of interactions between the genes APOE, APOC1 and ACE in a sample population from the South of Brazil.
Neurochemical research - 1 Aug 2011
Lucatelli Juliana Fagion, Barros Alessandra Chielle, Silva Vanessa Kappel da, Machado Fernanda da Silva, Constantin Pâmela Camini, Dias Ana Amélia Cipriani, Hutz Mara Helena, de Andrade Fabiana Michelsen
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer's disease is a complex neurodegenerative disorder. Several genes have been suggested as Alzheimer's susceptibility factors, the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene being an established susceptibility gene and the genes coding angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and apolipoprotein C1 (APOC1) being considered possible candidate genes for the disease. The objective of this study was to investigate the association...
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