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No interaction between the APOE and the alpha-1-antichymotrypsin genes on risk for Alzheimer's disease.
American journal of medical genetics - 18 Apr 1997
Fallin D, Reading S, Schinka J, Hoyne J, Scibelli P, Gold M, Crawford F, Mullan M
Abstract excerpt
It is now known that possession of one of the three common forms of the apolipoprotein E gene (allele epsilon 4) confers an increased risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD), both familial and sporadic, and that this risk is dose-dependent. Other genes that may play a role in AD, either through independent association with the disease or through modification of, or interaction with, the existing apolipoprotein E (APOE)...
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