Patent ID: 7803538
Filing Date: 2010-09-28
Classification: C12Q

Abstract:
1. A method for determining whether a Caucasian individual may have an increased risk of early development of Alzheimer's disease, comprising the steps of: i. obtaining a biological sample of the Caucasian individual that contains DNA from the Caucasian individual; and ii. determining whether the DNA of the biological sample contains a minor allele rs908832 polymorphism of the ABCA2 gene in which an adenine is located at position 348 of SEQ ID NO:1, or a thymidine is located at position 201 of SEQ ID NO:3 wherein the presence the minor allele rs908832 polymorphism of the ABCA2 gene indicates the Caucasian individual may have an increased risk of early development of Alzheimer's disease.