| Literature DB >> 16493238 |
John Hardy1, Alan Pittman, Amanda Myers, Hon Chung Fung, Rohan de Silva, Jaime Duckworth.
Abstract
Neurofibrillary tangles are found in many neurologic diseases. Here we review the unusual characteristics of the MAPT locus, which shows genetic association with many of these diseases and in Caucasian populations, is the largest stretch of linkage disequilibrium in the genome. We discuss the reason for this disequilibrium, its evolutionary history, and the role of genetic variability at MAPT in the etiology of tauopathies.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16493238 DOI: 10.1097/01.wad.0000201853.54493.d8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord ISSN: 0893-0341 Impact factor: 2.703