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Coding mutations in SORL1 and Alzheimer disease.
Annals of neurology - 1 Feb 2015
Vardarajan Badri N, Zhang Yalun, Lee Joseph H, Cheng Rong, Bohm Christopher, Ghani Mahdi, Reitz Christiane, Reyes-Dumeyer Dolly, Shen Yufeng, Rogaeva Ekaterina, St George-Hyslop Peter, Mayeux Richard
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OBJECTIVE: Common single nucleotide polymorphisms in the SORL1 gene have been associated with late onset Alzheimer disease (LOAD), but causal variants have not been fully characterized nor has the mechanism been established. The study was undertaken to identify functional SORL1 mutations in patients with LOAD. METHODS: This was a family- and cohort-based genetic association study. Caribbean Hispanics with...
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