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Patterns of brain activation in people at risk for Alzheimer's disease.
The New England journal of medicine - 17 Aug 2000
Bookheimer S Y, Strojwas M H, Cohen M S, Saunders A M, Pericak-Vance M A, Mazziotta J C, Small G W
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BACKGROUND: The epsilon4 allele of the apolipoprotein E gene (APOE) is the chief known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of dementia late in life. To determine the relation between brain responses to tasks requiring memory and the genetic risk of Alzheimer's disease, we performed APOE genotyping and functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain in older persons with...
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