Association of the androgen receptor CAG repeat polymorphism with Alzheimer's disease in men.

We examined the CAG repeat polymorphism in exon 1 of the androgen receptor (AR) in an Oxford cohort of 150 cases (101 men) of definite or probable Alzheimer's disease (AD) and 190 elderly controls (140 men). We found that short alleles (< or = 20 CAG repeats) were associated with AD (adj...

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Main Authors: Lehmann, D, Butler, H, Warden, DR, Combrinck, M, King, E, Nicoll, J, Budge, M, de Jager, C, Hogervorst, E, Esiri, M, Ragoussis, J, Smith, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2003