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Clinical genetics of Alzheimer's disease.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2014
Zou Zhangyu, Liu Changyun, Che Chunhui, Huang Huapin
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common progressive neurodegenerative disease and the most common form of dementia in the elderly. It is a complex disorder with environmental and genetic components. There are two major types of AD, early onset and the more common late onset. The genetics of early-onset AD are largely understood with mutations in three different genes leading to the disease. In contrast, while...
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