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Non-replication of an association of Apolipoprotein E2 with sinistrality.
Laterality - 1 Jan 2013
Piper Brian J, Yasen Alia L, Taylor Amy E, Ruiz Jonatan R, Gaynor J William, Dayger Catherine A, Gonzalez-Gross Marcela, Kwon Oh D, Nilsson Lars-Göran, Day Ian N M, Raber Jacob, Miller Jeremy K
Abstract excerpt
A recent report found that left-handed adolescents were more than three times more likely to have an Apolipoprotein (APOE) ϵ2 allele. This study was unable to replicate this association in young adults (N=166). A meta-analysis of nine other datasets (N=360 to 7559, Power > 0.999) including that of National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center also failed to find an over-representation of ϵ2 among left-handers...
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