Exploring the association of common and rare variants in CNTN2, FGA and SPARCL1 with late-onset Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an incurable neurodegenerative disorder, and the most common form of dementia, characterised neuropathologically by Aβ plaques and tau tangles. Although the late-onset form of AD (LOAD) is highly heritable (-80%), genetic studies to date have only accounted for appro...

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Main Author: Medway, Christopher William
Published: University of Nottingham 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.588064