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Association between apolipoprotein E ε4 and longitudinal cognitive decline: nested case-control study among chinese community-dwelling elders.
Neuropsychobiology - 1 Jan 2011
Ma Fei, Wang Jianhua, Miao Rujuan, Zhao Wei, Wang Qian
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Cognitive decline in the elderly is an early predictor of dementia. The apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 allele is considered an important genetic determinant of Alzheimer's disease (AD), and strongly suspected to play a role in cognitive variation. However, its effects upon predicting the progression of cognitive decline more generally remain unclear. Our aim was to explore the role of APOE ε4 in...
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