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Exploring candidate gene associations with neuropsychological performance.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 5 Dec 2007
McQueen Matthew B, Bertram Lars, Lange Christoph, Becker K D, Albert Marilyn S, Tanzi Rudolph E, Blacker Deborah
Abstract excerpt
We hypothesize that quantitative phenotypes related to Alzheimer's disease (AD), rather than the dichotomous disease phenotype, will increase the statistical power for identifying genetic risk factors. Neuropsychological test scores, which allow for the measurement of loss of cognitive function o...
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