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Presenilin E318G variant and Alzheimer's disease risk: the Cache County study.
BMC genomics - 29 Jun 2016
Hippen Ariel A, Ebbert Mark T W, Norton Maria C, Tschanz JoAnn T, Munger Ronald G, Corcoran Christopher D, Kauwe John S K
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BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease is the leading cause of dementia in the elderly and the third most common cause of death in the United States. A vast number of genes regulate Alzheimer's disease, including Presenilin 1 (PSEN1). Multiple studies have attempted to locate novel variants in the PSEN1 gene that affect Alzheimer's disease status. A recent study suggested that one of these variants, PSEN1 E318G...
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