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ApoE gene and familial risk of Alzheimer's disease as predictors of odour identification in older adults.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Oct 2006
Handley Olivia J, Morrison Catriona M, Miles Christopher, Bayer Antony J
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The study examined odour identification ability in healthy older adults at increased risk for developing Alzheimer's disease (AD). We recruited a sample (n = 24) of siblings related to probable AD cases and an age-matched control sample (n = 47). All participants were genotyped for the presence of the ApoE epsilon4 allele. Performance on a simple olfactory task of odour identification was compared according to...
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