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Evidence of trem2 variant associated with triple risk of Alzheimer's disease.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Abduljaleel Zainularifeen, Al-Allaf Faisal A, Khan Wajahatullah, Athar Mohammad, Shahzad Naiyer, Taher Mohiuddin M, Elrobh Mohamed, Alanazi Mohammed S, El-Huneidi Waseem
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Alzheimer's disease is one of the main causes of dementia among elderly individuals and leads to the neurodegeneration of different areas of the brain, resulting in memory impairments and loss of cognitive functions. Recently, a rare variant that is associated with 3-fold higher risk of Alzheimer's disease onset has been found. The rare variant discovered is a missense mutation in the loop region of exon 2 of...
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