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A presenilin 1 mutation in the first case of Alzheimer's disease: Revisited
14 Aug 2014
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BACKGROUND: Recently, a single point mutation in the presenilin 1 (PSEN1) gene of the first described Alzheimer's disease (AD) patient Auguste D was reported by Müller and co-workers. However, the sequencing results of the DNA from a 100-year-old tissue contained some uncertainties. METHODS: We heat extracted DNA from an original histological slice of Auguste D's brain and used nested polymerase chain reaction...
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