Association of the HLA-A2 allele with an earlier age of onset of Alzheimer's disease.

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INTRODUCTION: The HLA-A2 allele has recently been considered as a risk factor in AD by advancing the age at onset of the disease, especially in subjects who were homozygous for the apoE epsilon4 allele. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We examined the distribution of apoE genotypes and A2 allele as a function of age at onset in 109 patients with sporadic and familial AD. RESULTS: In the early onset (< or =60 years) and late...

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