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Endophenotypes in normal brain morphology and Alzheimer's disease: a review.
Neuroscience - 24 Nov 2009
Reitz C, Mayeux R
Abstract excerpt
Late-onset Alzheimer's disease is a common complex disorder of old age. Though these types of disorders can be highly heritable, they differ from single-gene (Mendelian) diseases in that their causes are often multifactorial with both genetic and environmental components. Genetic risk factors that have been firmly implicated in the cause are mutations in the amyloid precursor protein (APP), presenilin 1 (PSEN1)...
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