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Hippocampal atrophy as a quantitative trait in a genome-wide association study identifying novel susceptibility genes for Alzheimer's disease.
PloS one - 7 Aug 2009
Potkin Steven G, Guffanti Guia, Lakatos Anita, Turner Jessica A, Kruggel Frithjof, Fallon James H, Saykin Andrew J, Orro Alessandro, Lupoli Sara, Salvi Erika, Weiner Michael, Macciardi Fabio
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: With the exception of APOE epsilon4 allele, the common genetic risk factors for sporadic Alzheimer's Disease (AD) are unknown. METHODS AND FINDINGS: We completed a genome-wide association study on 381 participants in the ADNI (Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative) study. Samples were genotyped using the Illumina Human610-Quad BeadChip. 516,645 unique Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) were...
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