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Apolipoprotein E and alpha1-antichymotrypsin polymorphism in Alzheimer's disease.
Annals of neurology - 1 Oct 1996
Nacmias B, Tedde A, Latorraca S, Piacentini S, Bracco L, Amaducci L, Guarnieri B M, Petruzzi C, Ortenzi L, Sorbi S
Abstract excerpt
A recent observation has shown that a common polymorphism in the alpha1-antichymotrypsin (ACT) gene modifies the apolipoprotein E (ApoE) epsilon4-associated Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk identifying the combination of the ACT/AA and ApoE epsilon4/epsilon4 genotypes as a potential susceptibility marker for AD. We analyzed the segregation of the ApoE and ACT polymorphism in sporadic and familial AD patients. In...
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