Article
Wide range in age of onset for chromosome 1--related familial Alzheimer's disease.
Annals of neurology - 1 Dec 1996
Bird T D, Levy-Lahad E, Poorkaj P, Sharma V, Nemens E, Lahad A, Lampe T H, Schellenberg G D
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in three different genes on chromosomes 1, 14, and 21 cause autosomal dominant forms of familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD). Most result in an early-onset phenotype. However, several kindreds of Volga German ancestry have the same chromosome 1 gene mutation and demonstrate a relatively o...
Topics
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Alzheimer Disease
- Apolipoproteins E
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21
- Ethnicity
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation