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No association between apolipoprotein E polymorphisms and general cognitive ability in children.
Neuroscience letters - 16 Feb 2001
Turic D, Fisher P J, Plomin R, Owen M J
Abstract excerpt
In this work we explored the hypothesis that variation in the gene encoding apolipoprotein E (ApoE) is a factor modifying general cognitive ability (g). A case control sample of 101 high g and 101 average g children was scored for ApoE genotypes and two variants in the transcriptional regulatory region of the gene (Th1/E47cs and -491 AT). No evidence of association between these polymorphisms and g was found. We...
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