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Evidence that variation in the oligodendrocyte lineage transcription factor 2 (OLIG2) gene is associated with psychosis in Alzheimer's disease.
Neuroscience letters - 11 Sept 2009
Sims R, Hollingworth P, Moskvina V, Dowzell K, O'Donovan M C, Powell J, Lovestone S, Brayne C, Rubinsztein D, Owen M J, Williams J, Abraham R
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Psychotic symptoms are common in individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD), and define a phenotype associated with more rapid cognitive and functional decline. Evidence suggests that psychotic symptoms may be influenced by genetic factors, and recent studies in schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder (BPAD) and Alzheimer's disease with psychosis (AD+P) suggest that psychosis susceptibility or modifier genes may...
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