Mikaela Stancheva1, Draga Toncheva2, Sena Karachanak-Yankova1,3

  • 1Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria.

まとめ

アルツハイマー病 (AD) の遺伝学には,早期発症のADにおける希少な変異と,遅発症のADにおけるリスクアレルが含まれています. 遺伝的原因を理解することは 予防,診断,治療に役立ちます.

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