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CSF beta-amyloid, cognition, and APOE genotype in Alzheimer's disease.
Neurology - 1 Feb 1999
Samuels S C, Silverman J M, Marin D B, Peskind E R, Younki S G, Greenberg D A, Schnur E, Santoro J, Davis K L
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OBJECTIVES: We examined the relationship between CSF amyloid beta peptide (A beta) concentration and AD severity in 31 probable AD patients and explored whether APOE genotype modifies this relationship. BACKGROUND: A beta deposition in AD brains has been correlated with disease severity and with APOE-epsilon4 allele frequency. Few studies have examined the effects of APOE genotype on the relationship between CSF...
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