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Genetics of dementia.
Lancet (London, England) - 1 Mar 2014
Loy Clement T, Schofield Peter R, Turner Anne M, Kwok John B J
Abstract excerpt
25% of all people aged 55 years and older have a family history of dementia. For most, the family history is due to genetically complex disease, where many genetic variations of small effect interact to increase risk of dementia. The lifetime risk of dementia for these families is about 20%, compared with 10% in the general population. A small proportion of families have an autosomal dominant family history of...
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