Article
Mutations, associated with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, discovered in Asian countries.
Clinical interventions in aging - 1 Jan 2016
Bagyinszky Eva, Youn Young Chul, An Seong Soo A, Kim SangYun
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common form of senile dementia, is a genetically complex disorder. In most Asian countries, the population and the number of AD patients are growing rapidly, and the genetics of AD has been extensively studied, except in Japan. However, recent studies have been started to investigate the genes and mutations associated with AD in Korea, the People's Republic of China, and...
Topics
- Alzheimer Disease
- Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor
- Asia
- Asian People
- Genetic Testing
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Humans
- Mutation
- Presenilin-1
- Presenilin-2
