α2 Macroglobulin and the risk of Alzheimer’s disease

Richard C. Dodel; Yue Du; Kelly R. Bales; Feng Gao; Brian J. Eastwood; Bradley S. Glazier; R. Zimmer; Barbara Cordell; Ann Marie Hake; Rebecca M. Evans; Dolores Gallagher‐Thompson; Larry W. Thompson; J. R. Tinklenberg; Adolf Pfefferbaum; Edith V. Sullivan; Jerome A. Yesavage; L. Altstiel; Thomas Gasser; M.R. Farlow; Greer M. Murphy; Steven M. Paul

doi:10.1212/wnl.54.2.438

Abstract

Our data support an association between the A2M gene and AD. This association is less pronounced, however, in our cohort than in the previously reported sample of sibpairs.

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Odds ratioAlleleApolipoprotein EGeneticsExonAlzheimer's diseaseBiologyPolymorphism (computer science)GenotypeCohortInternal medicineGeneAllele frequencyDiseaseMedicine

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Year: 2000
Type: article
Volume: 54
Issue: 2
Pages: 438-438
Citations: 65
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                                    Richard C. Dodel, 
                                
                                    Yue Du, 
                                
                                    Kelly R. Bales
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2000). 
                            α2 Macroglobulin and the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. 
                            Neurology
                            , 54
                            (2)
                            , 438-438.
                            https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.54.2.438
                        

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DOI: 10.1212/wnl.54.2.438