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Definition of Late Onset Alzheimer's Disease and Anticipation Effect of Genome-Wide Significant Risk Variants: Pilot Study of the APOE e4 Allele.
Neuropsychobiology - 1 Jan 2019
De Luca Vincenzo, Spalletta Gianfranco, Souza Renan P, Graff Ariel, Bastos-Rodrigues Luciana, Camargos Bicalho Maria Aparecida
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: This study aims to investigate the role of apolipoprotein E (APOE) e4 influencing the age at onset (AAO) of Alzheimer's disease (AD). In AD, the AAO of dementia varies from 40 to 90 years. Usually, AD patients who develop symptoms before the age of 65 are considered as early-onset AD (EOAD). However, considering the heterogeneity of the AD onset, the definition of late-onset AD (LOAD)...
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