Copy Number Variations, Inflammatory Cytokines and the Risk of Dementia

National Taiwan University Hospital700 enrolled

Overview

Assess the association of copy number variation (CNV) and inflammatory cytokine with the risk of dementia.

This is a hospital-based case-control study. We plan to assess the association of CNV and inflammatory cytokine with the risk of dementia. Hopefully to find some genetic biomarkers to identify the risk of dementia at an early stage.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

700

Conditions

Dementia

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 50 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * hospital recruited dementia patients and controls

Locations (1)

National Taiwan University Hospital

Taipei, Taiwan

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Dementia

Time frame: Aug 2008-July 2011

Central Contacts

Yen-Ching Chen, ScD

CONTACT

886-2-33668019 chenkaren@yahoo.com

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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