HLA class I, II and III genes in confirmed late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
We first examined all the then known alleles (1997) at the HLA-A, B, Bw, C, DRB1, 3, 4 and 5, and DQB1 loci in 55 late-onset (>65y) AD cases and 73 elderly controls from Oxford. We found an association of HLA-B7 with late-onset AD (odds ratio = 3.1, corrected P = 0.04) that was limited to apo...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2001
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