Purnima P. Desai

Genetic variation in the cholesterol 24-hydroxylase (CYP46) gene and the risk of Alzheimer's disease

Purnima P. Desai, Steven T. DeKosky, M. Ilyas Kamboh · Neuroscience Letters · 2002 · 83 citations

Neurodegenerative Diseases, Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia +13

Alpha-1-antichymotrypsin (ACT or SERPINA3) polymorphism may affect age-at-onset and disease duration of Alzheimer's disease

M. Ilyas Kamboh, Ryan L. Minster, Margaret Kenney et al. · Neurobiology of Aging · 2005 · 64 citations · Full text

Disease Duration, Alzheimer's Disease, Aging +8

Investigation of the effect of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) polymorphisms on the risk of late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) and quantitative measures of AD progression

Purnima P. Desai, Robert D. Nebes, Steven T. DeKosky et al. · Neuroscience Letters · 2005 · 61 citations

Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Ad Progression +12

Apolipoprotein D is a component of compact but not diffuse amyloid-beta plaques in Alzheimer's disease temporal cortex

Purnima P. Desai, Miloš D. Ikonomović, Eric E. Abrahamson et al. · Neurobiology of Disease · 2005 · 56 citations · Full text

Alzheimer's Disease, Amyloid-beta Plaques, Apolipoprotein D +10

Genetic variation in the apolipoprotein D gene among African blacks and its significance in lipid metabolism

Purnima P. Desai, Clareann H. Bunker, Flora A. Ukoli et al. · Atherosclerosis · 2002 · 41 citations

Metabolic Syndrome, Lipid Metabolism, Apolipoprotein D Gene +11