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Apolipoprotein E epsilon4 allele, AD pathology, and the clinical expression of Alzheimer's disease.
Neurology - 28 Jan 2003
Bennett D A, Wilson R S, Schneider J A, Evans D A, Aggarwal N T, Arnold S E, Cochran E J, Berry-Kravis E, Bienias J L
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OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that the APOE epsilon4 allele is associated with the clinical manifestations of AD through an association with the pathologic hallmarks of disease. METHODS: Participants were older Catholic nuns, priests, and brothers who agreed to annual neurologic and neuropsychological evaluation for AD and other common neurologic conditions and brain autopsy at the time of death. There were...
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