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