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Premorbid cognitive testing predicts the onset of dementia and Alzheimer's disease better than and independently of APOE genotype.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Aug 2004
Cervilla J, Prince M, Joels S, Lovestone S, Mann A
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a cognitive test package can predict the onset of dementia up to 11 years later, and the extent to which this prediction is independent of that provided by APOE genotype. METHODS: Prospective cohort study based on 54 general practices in the UK; 657 survivors of the 1088 participants in the MRC treatment trial of hypertension in older adults were followed for up to 11 years; 370...
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