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Family history of Alzheimer disease predicts hippocampal atrophy in healthy middle-aged adults.
Neurology - 29 May 2012
Okonkwo O C, Xu G, Dowling N M, Bendlin B B, Larue A, Hermann B P, Koscik R, Jonaitis E, Rowley H A, Carlsson C M, Asthana S, Sager M A, Johnson S C
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the longitudinal influence of family history (FH) of Alzheimer disease (AD) and apolipoprotein E ε4 allele (APOE4) on brain atrophy and cognitive decline over 4 years among asymptomatic middle-aged individuals. METHODS: Participants were cognitively healthy adults with (FH+) (n = 60) and without (FH-) (n = 48) a FH of AD (mean age at baseline 54 years) enrolled in the Wisconsin Registry for...
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