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Sociodemographic characteristics, clinical factors, and genetic polymorphisms associated with Alzheimer's disease.
International journal of geriatric psychiatry - 1 Jun 2013
Bicalho Maria Aparecida Camargos, Pimenta Fausto Aloísio, Bastos-Rodrigues Luciana, de Oliveira Hansen Érika, Neves Samara Canguçu, Melo Marina, Rosa Daniela Valadão, Pedra de Souza Renan, Marques de Miranda Débora, Nunes de Moraes Edgar, Romano-Silva Marco Aurélio, De Marco Luiz
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Alzheimer's disease (AD) has a multifactorial etiology involving an interaction of genetic and environmental factors. The Apolipoprotein E ε4 (ApoE ε4) is the single most important genetic risk factor for sporadic AD. Our aim was to study the association between sociodemographic, clinical data and gene polymorphisms in patients with sporadic AD in a heterogeneous genomic Brazilian population with low...
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