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Shared genetic etiology underlying late-onset Alzheimer's disease and posttraumatic stress syndrome.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association - 1 Sept 2020
Lutz Michael W, Luo Sheng, Williamson Douglas E, Chiba-Falek Ornit
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INTRODUCTION: Late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) manifests comorbid neuropsychiatric symptoms and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with an increased risk for dementia in late life, suggesting the two disorders may share genetic etiologies. METHODS: We performed genetic pleiotropy analysis using LOAD and PTSD genome-wide association study (GWAS) datasets from white and African-American...
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