Article
A genome survey for novel Alzheimer disease risk loci: results at 10-cM resolution.
Genomics - 1 Jun 1998
Zubenko G S, Hughes H B, Stiffler J S, Hurtt M R, Kaplan B B
Abstract excerpt
We completed a systematic survey of the human genome, conducted at an average resolution of 10 cM, for the identification of simple sequence tandem repeat polymorphisms (SSTRPs) that target new risk genes for Alzheimer disease (AD) by virtue of linkage disequilibrium. The efficiency of our associ...
Topics
- Age of Onset
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Alzheimer Disease
- Apolipoprotein E4
- Apolipoproteins E
- Case-Control Studies
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Humans
- Linkage Disequilibrium
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Minisatellite Repeats
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
