GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ALZHEIMER-DISEASE

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PERICAKVANCE, MA [1 ]
HAINES, JL [1 ]
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[1] MASSACHUSETTS GEN HOSP,MOLEC NEUROGENET UNIT,BOSTON,MA
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10.1016/S0168-9525(00)89161-1
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Q3 [遗传学];
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071007 ; 090102 ;
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Alzheimer disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia in the elderly. Less than a decade ago, it was questioned as to whether or not genes were even involved in anything but rare early onset AD. Since that time, using a variety of genetic epidemiological and molecular biological techniques, four loci have been identified that play a role in the genetic susceptibility of AD. AD presents as a prototype of the power of genetic techniques in defining the etiology of a complex disease.
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