Longitudinal Modeling of Age-Related Memory Decline and the<i>APOE</i>ε4 Effect

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BACKGROUND: The APOE epsilon4 allele is associated with the risk of late-onset Alzheimer's disease. The age at which memory decline diverges among persons who are homozygous for the APOE epsilon4 allele, those who are heterozygous for the allele, and noncarriers is unknown. METHODS: Using local advertisements, we recruited cognitively normal subjects between the ages of 21 and 97 years, who were grouped according...

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