Genetic risk factors in Japanese Alzheimer's disease patients: alpha1-ACT, VLDLR, and ApoE.

doi:10.1016/s0197-4580(98)00035-9

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Genetic risk factors in Japanese Alzheimer's disease patients: alpha1-ACT, VLDLR, and ApoE.

Neurobiology of aging - 1 Jan 2000

Yamanaka H, Kamimura K, Tanahashi H, Takahashi K, Asada T, Tabira T

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We studied the polymorphism of alpha1-antichymotrypsin (ACT), very low density lipoprotein receptor (VLDLR) and apolipoprotein E (ApoE) genes in 200 control subjects and 65 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) in Japanese. The subjects consisted of 30 patients with early onset familial Alzheime...

Topics

Alleles
Alzheimer Disease
Apolipoproteins E
Biomarkers
Female
Genotype
Humans
Japan
Male
Middle Aged
Mutation
Receptors, LDL
Risk Factors
alpha 1-Antichymotrypsin

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