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Amyloid precursor protein mutation causes Alzheimer's disease in a Swedish family.
Neuroscience letters - 28 Feb 1994
Lannfelt L, Bogdanovic N, Appelgren H, Axelman K, Lilius L, Hansson G, Schenk D, Hardy J, Winblad B
Abstract excerpt
Since the report of a double mutation at codons 670 and 671 of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) gene identified in two Swedish families with clinically diagnosed Alzheimer's disease (AD), a carrier with dementia has died. Neuropathology confirmed the clinical diagnosis of AD. Genealogical investigations have confirmed that the two families are related to common founders. Two-point linkage analysis of the...
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