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Genetic effects on longitudinal cognitive decline during the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.
Scientific reports - 6 Oct 2021
Kumar Atul, Shoai Maryam, Palmqvist Sebastian, Stomrud Erik, Hardy John, Mattsson-Carlgren Niklas, Hansson Oskar
Abstract excerpt
Cognitive decline in early-stage Alzheimer's disease (AD) may depend on genetic variability. In the Swedish BioFINDER study, we used polygenic scores (PGS) (for AD, intelligence, and educational attainment) to predict longitudinal cognitive change (measured by mini-mental state examination (MMSE) [primary outcome] and other cognitive tests) over a mean of 4.2 years. We included 260 β-amyloid (Aβ) negative...
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