Genetics of dementia.

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Genetic factors are now recognized to play an important role in most age-related dementias. Although other factors, including aging itself, contribute to dementia, in this review the authors focus on the role of specific disease-causing genes and genetic factors in the most common age-related dementias. They review each dementia within the context of a genes/environment continuum, with varying levels of genetic...

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