Possible association of nicastrin polymorphisms and Alzheimer disease in the Finnish population.

Helisalmi, S; Dermaut, B; Hiltunen, M; Mannermaa, A; Van den Broeck, M; Lehtovirta, M; Koivisto, A M; Iivonen, S et al. · Neurology · 2004

case_control · Level III

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Abstract

The authors previously reported that genetic variation in the gene coding for nicastrin (NCSTN) modified risk for familial early-onset Alzheimer disease (AD) in a Dutch population-based sample. Risk was highest in patients without an APOE epsilon4 allele. Here, they evaluated if NCSTN polymorphisms increased risk of AD in the eastern Finnish population. A significant difference in one haplotype was observed in AD patients without the APOE epsilon4 allele.

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