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Mortality, dementia, and apolipoprotein E genotype in elderly white women in the United States.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - 1 Feb 2009
Little Deborah M, Crooks Valerie C, Petitti Diana B, Chiu Vicki, Schellenberg Gerard D, Slezak Jeff M, Jacobsen Steven J
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OBJECTIVES: To assess the risk of death in relation to apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype and to evaluate how APOE genotype interacts with dementia and with other major medical conditions to affect survival. DESIGN: A 6-year prospective cohort study of dementia, APOE genotype and survival. SETTING: Health maintenance organization in southern California. PARTICIPANTS: One thousand eight hundred forty-two white women...
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