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An autosomal genomic screen for dementia in an extended Amish family.
Neuroscience letters - 13 May 2005
Ashley-Koch A E, Shao Y, Rimmler J B, Gaskell P C, Welsh-Bohmer K A, Jackson C E, Scott W K, Haines J L, Pericak-Vance M A
Abstract excerpt
Apolipoprotein E (APOE) is the only universally confirmed susceptibility gene for late-onset Alzheimer disease (LOAD), although many loci are believed to modulate LOAD risk. The genetic homogeneity of isolated populations, such as the Amish, potentially provide increased power to identify LOAD susceptibility genes. Population homogeneity in these special populations may reduce the total number of susceptibility...
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