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INTERLEUKIN-6 PROMOTER POLYMORPHISM AND LATE-ONSET ALZHEIMER's DISEASE IN THE FINNISH POPULATION

Anne M. Koivisto Department of Neurology, Kuopio University Hospital; Department of Neurology, Brain Research Unit, Clinical Research Centre/Mediteknia, University of Kuopio, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Seppo Helisalmi Department of Neurology, Kuopio University Hospital; Department of Neurology, Brain Research Unit, Clinical Research Centre/Mediteknia, University of Kuopio, Finland
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Jussi Pihlajamäki Department of Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
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Leena Moilanen Department of Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
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Johanna Kuusisto Department of Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
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Markku Laakso Department of Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
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Mikko Hiltunen Department of Neurology, Brain Research Unit, Clinical Research Centre/Mediteknia, University of Kuopio, Finland
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Koivisto Keijo Department of Neurology, Central Hospital of South East Bothnia, Seinäjoki, Finland
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Tuomo Hänninen Department of Neurology, Kuopio University Hospital; Department of Neurology, University of Kuopio, Finland
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Eeva-Liisa Helkala Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
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Kari Kervinen Department of Medicine, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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Y. Antero kesäniemi Department of Medicine, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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Hilkka Soininen Department of Neurology, Kuopio University Hospital; Department of Neurology, Brain Research Unit, Clinical Research Centre/Mediteknia, University of Kuopio, Finland
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Pages 155-161 | Received 01 Aug 2005, Accepted 02 Dec 2005, Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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