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Association Between Episodic Memory and Genetic Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Disease in South Asians from the Longitudinal Aging Study in India-Diagnostic Assessment of Dementia (LASI-DAD).
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - 1 Aug 2020
Smith Jennifer A, Zhao Wei, Yu Miao, Rumfelt Kalee E, Moorjani Priya, Ganna Andrea, Dey Aparajit B, Lee Jinkook, Kardia Sharon L R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Genetic factors play an important role in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and cognitive aging. However, it is unclear whether risk loci identified in European ancestry (EA) populations have similar effects in other groups, such as South Asians. DESIGN: We investigated the allelic distribution and cognitive associations of 56 known AD risk single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) identified from...
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