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Effect of knowledge of APOE genotype on subjective and objective memory performance in healthy older adults.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Feb 2014
Lineweaver Tara T, Bondi Mark W, Galasko Douglas, Salmon David P
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The knowledge that one carries the apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 allele risk factor for Alzheimer's disease was recently found to have little short-term psychological risk. The authors investigated the impact of knowledge of carrying the risk allele on subjective ratings of memory and objective memory test performance of older adults. METHOD: Using a nested case-control design, the authors administered...
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