Introduction: genetic determinants of mid- and late-life dementias.

doi:10.1007/s000180050217

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Introduction: genetic determinants of mid- and late-life dementias.

Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS - 1 Sept 1998

Martin G M

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We introduce a series of papers dealing with genetic aspects of a subset of dementias of mid-life and late-life in order to illustrate four principles. First, there appear to be many genetic loci with the potential to modulate susceptibility to such dementias. Second, most of those so far discove...

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Aged
Alzheimer Disease
Apolipoproteins E
Dementia
Genes, Dominant
Humans
Middle Aged
Mutation

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