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The role of apolipoprotein E as a risk factor for an earlier age at onset for Machado-Joseph disease is doubtful.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Zhou Qi, Ni Wang, Dong Yi, Wang Ning, Gan Shi-Rui, Wu Zhi-Ying
Abstract excerpt
Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disease caused by an expanded CAG repeat in the ATXN3 gene. Although the principal genetic determinant of the age at onset (AAO) is the length of the expanded CAG repeat, the additional genetic contribution of MJD toward the AAO has mostly not yet been clarified. It was recently suggested in two independent studies that apolipoprotein E (APOE) might...
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