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Searched for alzheimer.

18 results found on Genetics Home Reference.

  1. Alzheimer disease
    Condition summary
    Found: Alzheimer disease is a degenerative disease of the...
    Related genes:    APOE    APP    PSEN1    PSEN2
  2. neurofibrillary tangles
    Glossary entry
    Found in name or synonym: Alzheimer's neurofibrillary change
  3. APOE: apolipoprotein E
    Gene summary
    Found: ...risk for developing late-onset Alzheimer disease. People who inherit one copy of...
  4. APP: amyloid beta (A4) precursor protein
    Gene summary
    Found: ...in the APP gene can cause early-onset Alzheimer disease. These mutations are responsible...
  5. PSEN1: presenilin 1
    Gene summary
    Found: ...identified in patients with early-onset Alzheimer disease. Mutations in the PSEN1 gene are...
  6. PSEN2: presenilin 2 (Alzheimer disease 4)
    Gene summary
    Found: ...have been shown to cause early-onset Alzheimer disease. Mutations in this gene account...
  7. How are genetic conditions and genes named?
    Handbook
    Found: ...to whether the possessive form (e.g., Alzheimer's disease) or the nonpossessive form (Alzheimer...
  8. Down syndrome
    Condition summary
    Found: ...have an increased risk of developing Alzheimer disease, a brain disorder that results...
    Related chromosomes:    chromosome 21
  9. What is pharmacogenomics?
    Handbook
    Found: ...including cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer disease, cancer, HIV/AIDS, and asthma.
  10. Can changes in mitochondrial DNA affect health and development?
    Handbook
    Found: ...disorders such as heart disease, Alzheimer disease, and Parkinson disease. Additionally,...
  11. PLA2G6: phospholipase A2, group VI (cytosolic, calcium-independent)
    Gene summary
    Found: ...disorders, as well as the more common Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease, also are...
  12. mitochondrial DNA
    Chromosome summary
    Found: ...disorders such as heart disease, Alzheimer disease, and Parkinson disease. Additionally,...
  13. infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy
    Condition summary
    Found: ...disorders, as well as the more common Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease, also are...
    Related genes:    PLA2G6
  14. amyloid plaque
    Glossary entry
    Found: ...seen in the cerebral cortex in Alzheimer's disease.
  15. degenerative disorder
    Glossary entry
    Found: ...time. Osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, and Alzheimer's disease are examples.
  16. beta-amyloid
    Glossary entry
    Found: ...component of plaques characteristic of Alzheimer's disease--called also amyloid beta-protein,...
  17. amyloid
    Glossary entry
    Found: ...tissue under abnormal conditions (as in Alzheimer's disease).
  18. tau proteins
    Glossary entry
    Found: ...numerous neurodegenerative disorders (Alzheimer disease; tauopathies).
 
Published: January 23, 2009