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Variation in VKORC1 Is Associated with Vascular Dementia.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD - 1 Jan 2021
Mur Jure, McCartney Daniel L, Chasman Daniel I, Visscher Peter M, Muniz-Terrera Graciela, Cox Simon R, Russ Tom C, Marioni Riccardo E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The genetic variant rs9923231 (VKORC1) is associated with differences in the coagulation of blood and consequentially with sensitivity to the drug warfarin. Variation in VKORC1 has been linked in a gene-based test to dementia/Alzheimer's disease in the parents of participants, with suggestive evidence for an association for rs9923231 (p = 1.8×10-7), which was included in the genome-wide significant...
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