The current status of Alzheimer's disease genetics: what do we tell the patients?

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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a genetically complex and heterogeneous disorder. Fully penetrant (causal) mutations leading to predominantly early-onset familial AD have been identified in three genes (APP, PSEN1, PSEN2), while for the more common late-onset form of the disease, only one partially penetrant genetic risk factor (APOE) has been established to date. Several lines of evidence suggest that additional...

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