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Female-specific effect of the BDNF gene on Alzheimer's disease.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 May 2017
Li Guo-Dong, Bi Rui, Zhang Deng-Feng, Xu Min, Luo Rongcan, Wang Dong, Fang Yiru, Li Tao, Zhang Chen, Yao Yong-Gang
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease influenced by genetic and environmental factors. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays an important role in the progression of AD, but the genetic association between BDNF and AD remains controversial. In this study, we aimed to explore the potential association between genetic variants in BDNF and AD in Han Chinese and to investigate...
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