Molecular genetics of Alzheimer's disease.

doi:10.1001/archneur.1993.00540110044004

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Molecular genetics of Alzheimer's disease.

Archives of neurology - 1 Nov 1993

Clark R F, Goate A M

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The part that genetics plays in the origin of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex problem that is only now, in the last few years, beginning to be understood. Progress in the study of the epidemiology of AD, discovery of multiple AD loci, and interpreting how mutations affect and produce the AD...

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Aged
Alzheimer Disease
Amino Acid Sequence
Amyloid beta-Peptides
Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor
Brain
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21
Genetic Linkage
Humans
Molecular Biology
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation

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