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Apolipoprotein E and Alzheimer's disease: ethnic variation in genotypic risks.
Annals of neurology - 1 Feb 1995
Maestre G, Ottman R, Stern Y, Gurland B, Chun M, Tang M X, Shelanski M, Tycko B, Mayeux R
Abstract excerpt
The presence of the apolipoprotein epsilon 4 (apo epsilon 4) allele significantly increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease. Whether this is due to biological effects of the apo epsilon 4 protein or reflects linkage disequilibrium with an as yet unidentified Alzheimer's disease susceptibility gene is of critical importance. In a community study in northern Manhattan we found a fivefold increase in the risk of...
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