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  1. Alzheimer disease condition summary
    Found: Alzheimer disease is a degenerative disease...
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  2. neurofibrillary tangles definition
  3. APOE gene summary
    Official name: apolipoprotein E
    Found: ...risk for developing late-onset Alzheimer disease. People who inherit one...
  4. PSEN1 gene summary
    Official name: presenilin 1
    Found: ...in patients with early-onset Alzheimer disease. Mutations in the PSEN1...
  5. APP gene summary
    Official name: amyloid beta (A4) precursor protein
    Found: ...APP gene can cause early-onset Alzheimer disease. These mutations are responsible...
  6. PSEN2 gene summary
    Official name: presenilin 2 (Alzheimer disease 4)
    Found: ...been shown to cause early-onset Alzheimer disease. Mutations in this gene...
  7. How are genetic conditions and genes named? in the Handbook
    Found: ...the possessive form (e.g., Alzheimer's disease) or the nonpossessive...
  8. Down syndrome condition summary
    Found: ...an increased risk of developing Alzheimer disease, a brain disorder that...
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  9. CDK5R1 gene information
    Official name: cyclin-dependent kinase 5, regulatory subunit 1 (p35)
    Found: ...involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease. The p25 form accumulates...
  10. What is pharmacogenomics? in the Handbook
    Found: ...cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer disease, cancer, HIV/AIDS, and...
  11. Can changes in mitochondrial DNA affect health and development? in the Handbook
    Found: ...such as heart disease, Alzheimer disease, and Parkinson disease....
  12. PLA2G6 gene summary
    Official name: phospholipase A2, group VI (cytosolic, calcium-independent)
    Found: ...as well as the more common Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease,...
  13. mitochondrial DNA summary
    Found: ...such as heart disease, Alzheimer disease, and Parkinson disease....
  14. CTS gene family
    Full name: cathepsins
    Found: ...including rheumatoid arthritis, Alzheimer disease, and osteoporosis. Additionally,...
  15. CHRNA2 gene summary
    Official name: cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 2 (neuronal)
    Found: ...the treatment of schizophrenia, Alzheimer disease, and pain....
  16. CHRNA4 gene summary
    Official name: cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 4
    Found: ...the treatment of schizophrenia, Alzheimer disease, and pain....
  17. CHRNB2 gene summary
    Official name: cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, beta 2 (neuronal)
    Found: ...the treatment of schizophrenia, Alzheimer disease, and pain....
  18. infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy condition summary
    Found: ...as well as the more common Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease,...
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  19. KIF gene family
    Full name: kinesins
    Found: ...neurological disorders (such as Alzheimer disease) and cancer.
  20. CTSD gene information
    Official name: cathepsin D
    Found: ...as breast cancer and possibly Alzheimer disease....
 
Published: November 20, 2009