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Lack of variation in the nucleotide sequence corresponding to the transmembrane domain of the beta-amyloid precursor protein in Alzheimer's disease.
American journal of medical genetics - 15 Oct 1993
Zubenko G S, Stiffler S, Farr J, Kopp U, Hughes H, Kaplan B B, Moossy J
Abstract excerpt
The nucleotide sequence corresponding to the APP transmembrane domain and flanking regions of charged amino acids was determined for 91 patients with histologically confirmed Alzheimer's disease, 9 patients with dementias of other etiologies, and 14 controls who had no identifiable brain disease. Twenty-eight of the AD patients had a first-degree relative with dementia. No mutations were detected among the 100...
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