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C-reactive protein and rate of dementia in carriers and non carriers of Apolipoprotein APOE4 genotype.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Dec 2008
Haan Mary N, Aiello Allison E, West Nancy A, Jagust William J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Those with an Apolipoprotein APOE4 allele (APOE4) have lower C-reactive protein (CRP) than those without APOE4. Whether APOE4 modifies the effects of CRP on rate of all cause dementia, cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease (AD) is not established. METHODS: All cause dementia and cognitive impairment without dementia (CIND) was determined over five follow up visits from 1998 to 2006 in an ongoing...
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