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Lack of association between COMT Val158Met polymorphism and late-onset Alzheimer's disease in Han Chinese.
Neuroscience letters - 25 Oct 2013
Zhou Jing, Li Xue-Mei, Jiang Teng, Liu Ying, Chi Song, Yu Jin-Tai, Tan Lan
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COMT (catechol-O-methyltransferase) has been conjectured to be associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) due to its key role in cognitive function impairment by influencing the dopamine degradation in prefrontal cortex. A functional single nucleotide polymorphism (rs4680 SNP; G to A) in the COMT c...
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