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Pre-dementia clinical stages in presenilin 1 E280A familial early-onset Alzheimer's disease: a retrospective cohort study.
The Lancet. Neurology - 1 Mar 2011
Acosta-Baena Natalia, Sepulveda-Falla Diego, Lopera-Gómez Carlos Mario, Jaramillo-Elorza Mario César, Moreno Sonia, Aguirre-Acevedo Daniel Camilo, Saldarriaga Amanda, Lopera Francisco
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and pre-MCI have been proposed as stages preceding Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia. We assessed descendants of individuals with a mutation in presenilin 1 (PSEN1) that causes familial AD, with the aim of identifying distinct stages of clinical progression to AD dementia. METHODS: We retrospectively studied a cohort of descendants of carriers of the PSEN1 E280A...
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