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Genome-wide association analysis of age-at-onset in Alzheimer's disease.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Dec 2012
Kamboh M I, Barmada M M, Demirci F Y, Minster R L, Carrasquillo M M, Pankratz V S, Younkin S G, Saykin A J, Sweet R A, Feingold E, DeKosky S T, Lopez O L
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The risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is strongly determined by genetic factors and recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified several genes for the disease risk. In addition to the disease risk, age-at-onset (AAO) of AD has also strong genetic component with an estimated heritability of 42%. Identification of AAO genes may help to understand the biological mechanisms that regulate the onset of...
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