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The apolipoprotein CI A allele as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease.
Neurochemical research - 1 Mar 1998
Poduslo S E, Neal M, Herring K, Shelly J
Abstract excerpt
The E4 allele for the apolipoprotein E gene has been shown to be a significant risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. The gene is located in a conserved gene cluster on chromosome 19q12-13.2. Downstream from APOE is the gene for apolipoprotein CI. We had previously shown that the presence of a restriction site in the 5'end of APOCI (the A allele) was present at increased frequency in Alzheimer's patients and could...
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