Genetics and Genomics of Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease and Its Endophenotypes

نویسندگان

  • Christiane Reitz
  • Ekaterina Rogaeva
  • Tatiana Foroud
  • Lindsay A. Farrer
چکیده

1Department of Neurology, G. H. Sergievsky Center, Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA 2Department of Medicine, Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada M55 1A8 3Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA 4Department of Medicine, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA 5Department of Biomedical Genetics, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA 6Department of Neurology, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA 7Department of Ophthalmology, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA 8Department of Genetics & Genomics, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA 9Department of Epidemiology, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA 10Department of Biostatistics, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA

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دوره 2011  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2011