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More evidence for association of a rare TREM2 mutation (R47H) with Alzheimer's disease risk.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Aug 2015
Rosenthal Samantha L, Bamne Mikhil N, Wang Xingbin, Berman Sarah, Snitz Beth E, Klunk William E, Sweet Robert A, Demirci F Yesim, Lopez Oscar L, Kamboh M Ilyas
Abstract excerpt
Over 20 risk loci have been identified for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD), most of which display relatively small effect sizes. Recently, a rare missense (R47H) variant, rs75932628 in TREM2, has been shown to mediate LOAD risk substantially in Icelandic and Caucasian populations. Here, we present more evidence for the association of the R47H with LOAD risk in a Caucasian population comprising 4567 LOAD...
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