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Cerebral white matter lesions are not associated with apoE genotype but with age and female sex in Alzheimer's disease.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 May 2000
Sawada H, Udaka F, Izumi Y, Nishinaka K, Kawakami H, Nakamura S, Kameyama M
Abstract excerpt
Cerebral white matter lesions, such as leukoaraiosis, may be a result of damage from cerebral ischaemia, and may also be associated with the degenerative process in Alzheimer's disease. The apolipoprotein epsilon4 (apoepsilon4) genotype is a genetic risk factor for both Alzheimer's disease and is...
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