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Structural study of the microtubule-associated protein tau locus of Alzheimer's disease in Taiwan.
Biomedical journal - 1 Jan 2000
Chang Chun-Wei, Hsu Wen-Chuin, Pittman Alan, Wu Yih-Ru, Hardy John, Fung Hon-Chung
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BACKGROUND: Haplotype structure of the microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT) gene is associated with various tauopathies in the Caucasian population. With the knowledge that the association between MAPT structure and disease may be distinct in different ethnics, we intend to investigate the haplotype structure of MAPT in Taiwanese and test it for association with Alzheimer's disease (AD). METHODS: One hundred...
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