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Apolipoprotein E epsilon4 allele is unrelated to cognitive or functional decline in Alzheimer's disease: retrospective and prospective analysis.
Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders - 1 Jan 2006
Kleiman Timothy, Zdanys Kristina, Black Benjamin, Rightmer Tracy, Grey Monique, Garman Katherine, Macavoy Martha, Gelernter Joel, van Dyck Christopher
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OBJECTIVE: The apolipoprotein E (ApoE) epsilon4 allele is a well-documented genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Its role, if any, in the progression of cognitive and functional impairment in AD has been the subject of discrepant reports in the literature. This study aimed to determine whether ApoE epsilon4 dose is related to the progression of cognitive and functional decline in AD patients by...
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