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Comprehensive association analysis of APOE regulatory region polymorphisms in Alzheimer disease.
Neurogenetics - 1 Dec 2004
Nicodemus Kristin K, Stenger Judith E, Schmechel Donald E, Welsh-Bohmer Kathleen A, Saunders Ann M, Roses Allen D, Gilbert John R, Vance Jeffery M, Haines Jonathan L, Pericak-Vance Margaret A, Martin Eden R
Abstract excerpt
Several recent case-control studies have examined the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the promoter region of the apolipoprotein E gene (APOE) and risk of Alzheimer disease (AD), with conflicting results. We assessed the relation between five APOE region SNPs and risk of AD in both case-control and family-based analyses. We observed a statistically significant association with the...
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