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Cognitive change and the APOE epsilon 4 allele.
Nature - 29 Aug 2002
Deary Ian J, Whiteman Martha C, Pattie Alison, Starr John M, Hayward Caroline, Wright Alan F, Carothers Andrew, Whalley Lawrence J
Abstract excerpt
There is a marked variation in whether people retain sufficient cognitive function to maintain their quality of life and independence in old age, even among those without dementia, so it would be valuable to identify the determinants of normal age-related cognitive change. We have retested non-demented 80-year-olds who were participants in the Scottish Mental Survey of 1932, and find that the variation in their...
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