AGE-OF-ONSET IN FAMILIAL EARLY-ONSET ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE CORRELATES WITH GENETIC ETIOLOGY

被引:49
作者
MULLAN, M [1 ]
HOULDEN, H [1 ]
CRAWFORD, F [1 ]
KENNEDY, A [1 ]
ROGUES, P [1 ]
ROSSOR, M [1 ]
机构
[1] ST MARYS HOSP,SCH MED,DEPT NEUROL & BIOCHEM,LONDON,ENGLAND
来源
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS | 1993年 / 48卷 / 03期
关键词
ETIOLOGIC SUBTYPES; TRANSMISSION; CHROMOSOME-14;
D O I
10.1002/ajmg.1320480303
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Age of onset is the most robust clinical feature demarcating aetiologic subtypes of familial Alzheimer's disease. It has previously been noted that early onset disease (arbitarily below the age of 65 years) conforms to an autosomal dominant pattern of transmission. Late onset disease is generally thought to have a more complex aetiology. We present data here suggesting that early onset disease can be subdivided by genetic aetiology with which age of onset correlates. In general, those pedigrees showing linkage to the chromosome 14 locus have a mean age of onset in the forties whereas those pedigrees with an APP mutation have an age of onset in the fifties. (C) 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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