title: Predisposing locus for Alzheimer's disease on chromosome 21.
abstract: Linkage between Alzheimer's disease and markers on the long arm of chromosome 21 was investigated in six families affected by disease of early onset. Linkage was confirmed and the disease locus shown to be centromeric to the locus D21S1/S11 on the long arm of the chromosome. It is argued that the data are consistent with the notion that all patients with Alzheimer's disease of genetic aetiology have a predisposing locus on chromosome 21.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, England.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Goate
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Haynes
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Owen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Farrall
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: L Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Mullan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roques
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Rossor
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Williamson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000235:genetics*; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002891:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21; D005260:Female; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009154:Mutation; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D011995:Recombination, Genetic