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The impact of apolipoprotein E on dementia in persons with Down's syndrome.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Jun 2008
Coppus A M W, Evenhuis H M, Verberne G-J, Visser F E, Arias-Vasquez A, Sayed-Tabatabaei F A, Vergeer-Drop J, Eikelenboom P, van Gool W A, van Duijn C M
Abstract excerpt
Apolipoprotein E (APOE) is consistently associated with dementia in the general population. Findings on the role of this gene in persons with Down's syndrome (DS) are inconclusive. We studied the effects of APOE on mortality and dementia in a longitudinal prospective study of a large population-based sample of persons with DS (n=425), demented and non-demented. There was evidence that APOE epsilon4 is correlated...
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