Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 31, Issue 9 , Pages 1563-1568 , September 2010

Polymorphisms in LMNA and near a SERPINA gene cluster are associated with cognitive function in older people

  • Christie Cluett

      Affiliations

    • Peninsula Medical School, RD&E Wonford Site, Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK
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  • Carol Brayne

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health & Primary Care, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SR, UK
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  • Robert Clarke

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Trial Service Unit, University of Oxford, Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK
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  • Grimley Evans

      Affiliations

    • Green College, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HE, UK
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  • Fiona Matthews

      Affiliations

    • MRC Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, Robinson Way, University Forvie Site, Cambridge CB2 0SR, UK
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  • David C. Rubinsztein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Genetics, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Wellcome/MRC Building, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XY, UK
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  • Felicia Huppert

      Affiliations

    • Academic Department of Psychiatry, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XY, UK
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  • David J. Llewellyn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health & Primary Care, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SR, UK
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  • Neil Rice

      Affiliations

    • Peninsula Medical School, RD&E Wonford Site, Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK
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  • William Henley

      Affiliations

    • Peninsula Medical School, RD&E Wonford Site, Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK
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  • Timothy M. Frayling

      Affiliations

    • Peninsula Medical School, RD&E Wonford Site, Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK
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  • Anna Murray

      Affiliations

    • Peninsula Medical School, RD&E Wonford Site, Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK
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  • David Melzer

      Affiliations

    • Peninsula Medical School, RD&E Wonford Site, Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 1392 406753; fax: +44 1392 406767.

Received 17 December 2007 ,Revised 5 June 2008 ,Accepted 29 August 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.08.020

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 31, Issue 9 , Pages 1563-1568 , September 2010

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