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Impact of sex and APOE4 on cerebral amyloid angiopathy in Alzheimer's disease.
Acta neuropathologica - 1 Aug 2016
Shinohara Mitsuru, Murray Melissa E, Frank Ryan D, Shinohara Motoko, DeTure Michael, Yamazaki Yu, Tachibana Masaya, Atagi Yuka, Davis Mary D, Liu Chia-Chen, Zhao Na, Painter Meghan M, Petersen Ronald C, Fryer John D, Crook Julia E, Dickson Dennis W, Bu Guojun, Kanekiyo Takahisa
Abstract excerpt
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) often coexists with Alzheimer's disease (AD). APOE4 is a strong genetic risk factor for both AD and CAA. Sex-dependent differences have been shown in AD as well as in cerebrovascular diseases. Therefore, we examined the effects of APOE4, sex, and pathological components on CAA in AD subjects. A total of 428 autopsied brain samples from pathologically confirmed AD cases were...
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