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The role of apolipoprotein E in cognitive decline after cardiac operation.
The Annals of thoracic surgery - 1 Mar 2001
Steed L, Kong R, Stygall J, Acharya J, Bolla M, Harrison M J, Humphries S E, Newman S P
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BACKGROUND: Recently, Tardiff and colleagues have suggested that the presence of the apolipoprotein E, epsilon4 allele was associated with increased likelihood of cognitive decline after coronary artery bypass grafting. The objective of the current study was to replicate this earlier work using an increased sample size. The increased sample also enabled an analysis by individual genotype in cognitive decline...
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