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Early-onset and late-onset depression are independent of the genetic polymorphism of apolipoprotein E.
Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders - 1 Jan 2000
Papassotiropoulos A, Bagli M, Jessen F, Rao M L, Schwab S G, Heun R
Abstract excerpt
The recently shown association between apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype and depressive illness has been challenged by subsequent studies. However, controversial results may derive from the different diagnostic criteria used for depression and from the small numbers of depressed patients included in the studies. We examined the association between depression and the genetic polymorphism of APOE in a large sample...
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