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No association between apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 allele and rate of decline in Alzheimer's disease.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 May 1997
Murphy G M, Taylor J, Kraemer H C, Yesavage J, Tinklenberg J R
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The relationship between number of apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 (APOE epsilon 4) alleles and the rate of cognitive decline in patients with Alzheimer's disease was examined. METHOD: Rate of decline in score on the Mini-Mental State was measured during the active phase of the decline curve between Mini-Mental State scores of 23 and 0. To characterize onset, the authors also estimated for each subject the...
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