A functional polymorphism within plasminogen activator urokinase (PLAU) is associated with Alzheimer's disease.

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Published in Hum Mol Genet on July 06, 2006

Authors

Matthias Riemenschneider1, Lidija Konta, Patricia Friedrich, Sandra Schwarz, Kevin Taddei, Frauke Neff, Alessandro Padovani, Heike Kölsch, Simon M Laws, Norman Klopp, Heike Bickeböller, Stefan Wagenpfeil, Jakob C Mueller, Albert Rosenberger, Janine Diehl-Schmid, Silvana Archetti, Nicola Lautenschlager, Barbara Borroni, Ulrich Müller, Thomas Illig, Reinhard Heun, Rupert Egensperger, Jürgen Schlegel, Hans Förstl, Ralph N Martins, Alexander Kurz

Author Affiliations

1: Neurochemistry and Neurogenetics Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitat München, Ismaningerstrasse 22, 81675 Munich, Germany. m.riemenschneider@lrz.tu-muenchen.de

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