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Linkage analyses in Caribbean Hispanic families identify novel loci associated with familial late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association - 1 Dec 2015
Barral Sandra, Cheng Rong, Reitz Christiane, Vardarajan Badri, Lee Joseph, Kunkle Brian, Beecham Gary, Cantwell Laura S, Pericak-Vance Margaret A, Farrer Lindsay A, Haines Jonathan L, Goate Alison M, Foroud Tatiana, Boerwinkle Eric, Schellenberg Gerard D, Mayeux Richard
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INTRODUCTION: We performed linkage analyses in Caribbean Hispanic families with multiple late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) cases to identify regions that may contain disease causative variants. METHODS: We selected 67 LOAD families to perform genome-wide linkage scan. Analysis of the linked regions was repeated using the entire sample of 282 families. Validated chromosomal regions were analyzed using joint...
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