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Family history of Alzheimer's disease and hippocampal structure in healthy people.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Nov 2010
Donix Markus, Burggren Alison C, Suthana Nanthia A, Siddarth Prabha, Ekstrom Arne D, Krupa Allison K, Jones Michael, Martin-Harris Laurel, Ercoli Linda M, Miller Karen J, Small Gary W, Bookheimer Susan Y
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OBJECTIVE: Structural brain changes appear years before the onset of Alzheimer's disease, the leading cause of dementia late in life. Determining risk factors for such presymptomatic brain changes may assist in identifying candidates for future prevention treatment trials. In addition to the e4 allele of the apolipoprotein E gene (APOE-4), the major known genetic risk factor, a family history of Alzheimer's...
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