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Apolipoprotein E polymorphism and brain morphology in mild cognitive impairment.
Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders - 1 Jan 2008
Thomann Philipp A, Roth Ann-Sophie, Dos Santos Vasco, Toro Pablo, Essig Marco, Schröder Johannes
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BACKGROUND: The apolipoprotein E (ApoE) genotype has been confirmed as the major genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD). How the ApoE genotype and brain morphology relate to each other is only partly understood, particularly in mild cognitive impairment, the assumed prestage of AD. METHODS: A total of 83 subjects with mild cognitive impairment (aging-associated cognitive decline criteria)...
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