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APOE4 protects the cognitive development in children with heavy diarrhea burdens in Northeast Brazil.
Pediatric research - 1 Feb 2005
Oriá Reinaldo B, Patrick Peter D, Zhang Hong, Lorntz Breyette, de Castro Costa Carlos Maurício, Brito Gerly A C, Barrett Leah J, Lima Aldo A M, Guerrant Richard L
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Polymorphisms in the apolipoprotein E (APOE) have constituted the major rationale to identify potential risk groups for developing late-onset Alzheimer's disease and help to predict recovery of cognitive function after brain injury. However, the APOE impact on cognitive development in children living in poor areas of the developing world, where we have discovered profound significant associations of early...
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