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APOE genotype, family history of dementia, and Alzheimer disease risk: a 6-year follow-up study.
Archives of neurology - 1 Dec 2004
Huang Wenyong, Qiu Chengxuan, von Strauss Eva, Winblad Bengt, Fratiglioni Laura
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Both family aggregation and apolipoprotein E (APOE) epsilon4 allele are well-known risk factors for dementia, but the relation between these two factors remains unclear. OBJECTIVE: To explore whether the risk of dementia and Alzheimer disease (AD) due to a positive family history is explained by APOE genotypes. DESIGN: Community-based cohort study. SETTING: The Kungsholmen district of Stockholm,...
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