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Incidence of Alzheimer disease in a biracial urban community: relation to apolipoprotein E allele status.
Archives of neurology - 1 Feb 2003
Evans Denis A, Bennett David A, Wilson Robert S, Bienias Julia L, Morris Martha Clare, Scherr Paul A, Hebert Liesi E, Aggarwal Neelum, Beckett Laurel A, Joglekar Rajiv, Berry-Kravis Elizabeth, Schneider Julie
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CONTEXT: Few studies compare Alzheimer disease (AD) incidence among black and white subjects. OBJECTIVE: To estimate incidence and the effect of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) epsilon4 allele in these races. DESIGN: Population-based study of disease incidence using a random, stratified sample. SETTING: A geographically defined community of 3 adjacent neighborhoods in Chicago, Ill. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 6158...
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