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Genetic overlap between vascular pathologies and Alzheimer's dementia and potential causal mechanisms
18 Sept 2018
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INTRODUCTION: We sought to examine the genetic overlap between vascular pathologies and Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia, and the potential mediating role of vascular pathologies between AD-related genetic variants and late-life cognition. METHODS: For 2907 stroke-free older individuals, we examined the association of polygenic risk scores for AD dementia (ADPRSs) with vascular pathologies and with cognition....
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