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Apolipoprotein E epsilon4 and incidence of Alzheimer disease in a community population of older persons.
JAMA - 12 Mar 1997
Evans D A, Beckett L A, Field T S, Feng L, Albert M S, Bennett D A, Tycko B, Mayeux R
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OBJECTIVE: To examine the relation between apolipoprotein E status and risk of Alzheimer disease (AD) in a defined population and estimate the fraction of incident AD attributable to the epsilon4 allele. DESIGN: Community-based cohort study. SETTING: East Boston, Mass. PARTICIPANTS: A random sample of 578 community residents aged 65 years and older free of AD. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Clinical diagnosis of AD by...
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