Article
Presenilin 1 intronic polymorphism is not associated with Alzheimer type neuropathological changes or sporadic Alzheimer's disease.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Apr 1998
Sodeyama N, Itoh Y, Suematsu N, Matsushita M, Otomo E, Mizusawa H, Yamada M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A genetic association between the presenilin 1 (PS-1) intronic polymorphism and sporadic Alzheimer's disease has been a matter of controversy. Recent findings have suggested that the PS-1 polymorphism is not associated with Alzheimer's disease or amyloid beta-protein (Abeta) depositio...
Topics
- Age of Onset
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alzheimer Disease
- Apolipoproteins E
- Autopsy
- Case-Control Studies
- Disease Progression
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- Humans
- Introns
- Membrane Proteins
- Middle Aged
- Polymorphism, Genetic
