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Memory self-appraisal in middle-aged and older adults with the apolipoprotein E-4 allele.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Jul 1999
Small G W, Chen S T, Komo S, Ercoli L, Bookheimer S, Miller K, Lavretsky H, Saxena S, Kaplan A, Dorsey D, Scott W K, Saunders A M, Haines J L, Roses A D, Pericak-Vance M A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Because subjective memory complaints may indicate subtle functional brain abnormalities, the authors studied the influence of the major genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease, the apolipoprotein E-4 (APOE-4) allele, on self-reports of memory performance in middle-aged and older adults. METHOD: Subjective and objective assessments of memory performance were compared in relation to the presence or absence...
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