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Two rare AKAP9 variants are associated with Alzheimer's disease in African Americans.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association - 1 Nov 2014
Logue Mark W, Schu Matthew, Vardarajan Badri N, Farrell John, Bennett David A, Buxbaum Joseph D, Byrd Goldie S, Ertekin-Taner Nilufer, Evans Denis, Foroud Tatiana, Goate Alison, Graff-Radford Neill R, Kamboh M Ilyas, Kukull Walter A, Manly Jennifer J
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BACKGROUND: Less is known about the genetic basis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in African Americans (AAs) than in non-Hispanic whites. METHODS: Whole exome sequencing (WES) was performed on seven AA AD cases. Disease association with potentially AD-related variants from WES was assessed in an AA d...
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