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Research agenda for understanding Alzheimer disease in diverse populations: work group on cultural diversity, Alzheimer's association.
Alzheimer disease and associated disorders - 1 Jan 2002
Shadlen Marie-Florence, McCormick Wayne C, Larson Eric B
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The emerging evidence of ethnic variations in apolipoprotein polymorphism and Alzheimer disease risk shows that one cannot generalize findings based on a single cultural group too broadly ( Tang et al., 2001). Presence of one apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 allele is a stronger risk factor for Alzheimer disease in whites and Asians than in blacks ( Farrer et al., 1997). Environmental or genetic cofactors may modulate...
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