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Association between APOE epsilon 2/epsilon 3/epsilon 4 polymorphism and disability severity in a national long-term care survey sample.
Age and ageing - 1 May 2008
Kulminski Alexander, Ukraintseva Svetlana V, Arbeev Konstantin G, Manton Kenneth G, Oshima Junko, Martin George M, Yashin Anatoli I
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BACKGROUND: early studies reported controversial findings on association of apolipoprotein E (APOE) polymorphism with disability. OBJECTIVE: to analyse sex-specific associations of APOE genotypes with impairments in (instrumental) activities of daily living [(I)ADL] and mortality. DESIGN: populat...
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