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Concordance rates for cognitive impairment among older African American twins.

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association - 1 May 2009

Whitfield Keith E, Kiddoe Jared, Gamaldo Alyssa, Andel Ross, Edwards Christopher L

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BACKGROUND: There is significant attention to the growing elderly African American population and estimating who and how many within this population will be affected by cognitive impairment. OBJECTIVE: The etiology of cognitive impairment has not been well studied in African Americans and the contribution of genetic and environmental influences to cognitive impairment is not clear. METHODS: We calculated...

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PMID: 19426952
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2008.09.003
PMCID: PMC2696402

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