Exploratory Study of Apolipoprotein E ε4 Genotype and Risk of Alzheimer's Disease in Mexican Hispanics

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To the Editor: Hispanics are 1.5 times more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease (AD) than White non-Hispanics1. A community-based study reported that the prevalence of AD is higher in Hispanics than in White non-Hispanics2. Interestingly, a recent study found that the average proportion of Amerindian genetic ancestry in AD cases was a third of that observed in the cognitively intact controls3. These findings...

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