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The ACE Gene Is Associated with Late-Life Major Depression and Age at Dementia Onset in a Population-Based Cohort.
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry - 1 Feb 2017
Zettergren Anna, Kern Silke, Gustafson Deborah, Gudmundsson Pia, Sigström Robert, Östling Svante, Eriksson Elias, Zetterberg Henrik, Blennow Kaj, Skoog Ingmar
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Depression and dementia in the elderly have been suggested to share similar risk factors and pathogenetic background, and recently the authors reported that the APOEɛ4 allele is a risk factor for both disorders in the general population. The aim of the present study was to examine the influence of the well-known polymorphisms rs1799752 in the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and rs5186 in the...
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