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Association study of cathepsin D gene polymorphism in Iranian patients with sporadic late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders - 1 Jan 2014
Sayad Azadeh, Noruzinia Mehrdad, Zamani Mahdi, Harirchian Mohammad Hossein, Kazemnejad Anoushiravan
Abstract excerpt
One of the most prevalent forms of dementia is Alzheimer's disease (AD). Complex inheritance and multifactorial patterns of late-onset AD (LOAD) along with its heterogeneity are due to the presence of different AD-predisposing genes with different influence on disease development among various populations. A key event in the pathogenesis of AD is the deposition of β-amyloid peptide, which is derived from the...
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