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Interaction between Apolipoprotein E and Butyrylcholinesterase Genes on Risk of Alzheimer's Disease in a Prospective Cohort Study.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD - 1 Jan 2020
Chuang Yi-Fang, Varma Vijay, An Yang, Tanaka Toshiko, Davatzikos Christos, Resnick Susan M, Thambisetty Madhav
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BACKGROUND: An epistatic interaction between the ɛ4 allele of apolipoprotein E (APOEɛ4) gene and the K-variant of butyrylcholinesterase (BCHE-K) genes has been previously reported to increase risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, these observations were largely from case-control studies with small sample sizes. OBJECTIVE: To examine the interaction between APOEɛ4 and BCHE-K on: 1) the risk of incident AD and...
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