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Depletion of potential A2M risk haplotype for Alzheimer's disease in long-lived individuals.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Jan 2010
Flachsbart Friederike, Caliebe Amke, Nothnagel Michael, Kleindorp Rabea, Nikolaus Susanna, Schreiber Stefan, Nebel Almut
Abstract excerpt
Risk alleles for age-related diseases are expected to decrease in frequency in the population strata of increasing age. Consistent with this hypothesis, earlier studies showed a depletion of the Alzheimer's disease risk factor APOE*epsilon4 in long-lived individuals (LLIs). To evaluate whether this observation also holds for a previously suggested Alzheimer's disease risk haplotype in the A2M gene, we analyzed...
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