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Evaluating the Association Between Genetically Proxied Neurodevelopmental Language Phenotypes and the Risk of Primary Progressive Aphasia.
Neurology - 2 May 2023
Nassan Malik, Piras Ignazio S, Rogalski Emily, Geula Changiz, Mesulam M Marsel, Huentelman Matt
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative syndrome of progressive language decline. PPA has 3 main subtypes: logopenic, semantic, and agrammatic. Observational studies suggested an association between language-related neurodevelopmental phenotypes and an increased risk of PPA. We sought to assess such relationships through Mendelian randomization (MR) approach, which can...
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