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The impact of rare genetic variants on Alzheimer disease.
Nature reviews. Neurology - 1 Mar 2025
De Deyn Lara, Sleegers Kristel
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease with a strong genetic component. Although autosomal dominant mutations and common risk variants in AD risk have been extensively studied, the genetic underpinning of polygenic AD remains incompletely understood. Rare variants could elucidate part of the missing heritability in AD. Rare variant research gained momentum with the discovery of a rare...
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