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The effect of alcohol and tobacco consumption, and apolipoprotein E genotype, on the age of onset in Alzheimer's disease.
International journal of geriatric psychiatry - 1 May 2010
Harwood Dylan G, Kalechstein Ari, Barker Warren W, Strauman Silvia, St George-Hyslop Peter, Iglesias Casandra, Loewenstein David, Duara Ranjan
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OBJECTIVE: This study examined the association between a history of heavy alcohol use and smoking, presence of the apolipoprotein-E epsilon 4 allele (APOE epsilon4), and age of disease onset in a community dwelling sample of 685 Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients spanning three ethnic groups. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study of AD patients evaluated at a University-affiliated outpatient memory disorders clinic....
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