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Interaction between two cholesterol metabolism genes influences memory: findings from the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD - 1 Jan 2013
Engelman Corinne D, Koscik Rebecca L, Jonaitis Erin M, Okonkwo Ozioma C, Hermann Bruce P, La Rue Asenath, Sager Mark A
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The strongest genetic factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) is APOE; nine additional susceptibility genes have recently been identified. The effect of these genes is often assumed to be additive and polygenic scores are formed as a summary measure of risk. However, interactions between these genes are likely to be important. We sought to examine the role of interactions between the nine recently...
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