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Influence of APOE Genotype on Hippocampal Atrophy over Time - An N=1925 Surface-Based ADNI Study.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Li Bolun, Shi Jie, Gutman Boris A, Baxter Leslie C, Thompson Paul M, Caselli Richard J, Wang Yalin
Abstract excerpt
The apolipoprotein E (APOE) e4 genotype is a powerful risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD). In the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) cohort, we previously reported significant baseline structural differences in APOE e4 carriers relative to non-carriers, involving the left hippocampus more than the right--a difference more pronounced in e4 homozygotes than heterozygotes. We now...
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