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Alzheimer's disease genetics: current knowledge and future challenges.
International journal of geriatric psychiatry - 1 Aug 2011
Hollingworth Paul, Harold Denise, Jones Lesley, Owen Michael J, Williams Julie
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is highly heritable, but genetically complex. Recently, three large-scale genome-wide association studies have made substantial breakthroughs in disentangling the genetic architecture of the disease. These studies combined include data from over 43 000 independent individuals and provide compelling evidence that variants in four novel susceptibility genes (CLU, PICALM, CR1, BIN1) are...
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