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Interactive effects of apolipoprotein E type 4 genotype and cerebrovascular risk on neuropsychological performance and structural brain changes.
Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association - 1 Jan 2000
Zade David, Beiser Alexa, McGlinchey Regina, Au Rhoda, Seshadri Sudha, Palumbo Carole, Wolf Philip A, Decarli Charles, Milberg William
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OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine whether the presence of the apolipoprotein E type 4 (apoE4) allele, a known risk factor for Alzheimer disease, interacts with cerebrovascular risk factors to produce a disproportionate impairment in neuropsychological (NP) performance and alterations in structural morphometry as measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS: In all, 1995 participants from the...
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