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Diabetes mellitus in patients with Alzheimer's disease: clinical description and correlation with the APOE genotype in a sample population from the province of Antioquia, Colombia.
Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud - 1 Jun 2012
Botero Luz E, Toro Andrés E, Patiño Alber J, Salazar Guillermo, Rodríguez Juan C, Suárez-Escudero Juan C, Alarcón Gustavo A, Corcimaru Ana, Osorio Cristina, Jeong Joseph S Y, Alzate Oscar
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INTRODUCTION: Alzheimer's disease is a multifactorial disease affecting approximately twenty million people worldwide. Numerous variables are associated with increased risk of developing this severe neurological disorder. Among the risk factors, diabetes mellitus, and the ε4 isoform of the APOE gene have been amply demonstrated as increasing the risk of developing this disease. OBJECTIVE: To determine if a...
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