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Apo E and Apo CI loci are associated with dementia in younger but not older late-onset cases.
Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders - 1 Jan 2000
Tysoe C, Galinsky D, Robinson D, Brayne C, Huppert F A, Dening T, Paykel E S, Easton D F, Rubinsztein D C
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Numerous groups have confirmed that apolipoprotein E allelic variation accounts for a proportion of the genetic risk for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, there is a paucity of data on the impact of this locus on the overall risk of dementia (as opposed to AD) in the elderly. Most studies have ascertained specifically AD cases from hospital clinics or brain banks and many demented cases have vascular...
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