The clinical utility of gene testing for Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the largest cause of dementia, affecting 35.6 million people in 2010. Amyloid precursor protein, presenilin 1 and presenilin 2 mutations are known to cause familial early-onset AD, whereas apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 is a susceptibility gene for late-onset AD. The genes fo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2011-04-01
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| Series: | Neurology International |
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| Online Access: | http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/ni/article/view/2140 |