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No association between alpha 1-antichymotrypsin and familial Alzheimer's disease.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 16 Dec 1996
Haines J L, Pritchard M L, Saunders A M, Schildkraut J M, Growdon J H, Gaskell P C, Farrer L A, Auerbach S A, Gusella J F, Locke P A, Rosi B L, Yamaoka L, Small G W, Conneally P M, Roses A D, Pericak-Vance M
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common mid to late age-of-onset neurodegenerative disorder. AD has a strong and complex genetic etiology, and multiple genes, acting independently and/or interacting, likely affect the risk of developing AD. Several genes involved with AD already have been described, but only the APOE gene on chromosome 19q has been shown to affect the risk of the most common form of AD,...
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