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Genetic variations in the CLU and PICALM genes are associated with cognitive function in the oldest old.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Mar 2011
Mengel-From Jonas, Christensen Kaare, McGue Matt, Christiansen Lene
Abstract excerpt
Recently, two large, and independent genome wide association studies of late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) established association with the same rs11136000 variation in the clusterin (CLU) gene. In addition, one variation, rs3851179, in the phosphatidylinositol binding clathrin assembly protein (PICALM) gene and one variation, rs6656401, in the complement component (3b/4b) receptor 1 (CR) gene were associated...
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