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The clinical utility of gene testing for Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the largest cause of dementia, affecting 35.6 million people in 2010. Amyloid precursor protein, presenilin 1 and presenilin 2 mutations are known to cause familial early-onset AD, whereas apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 is a susceptibility gene for late-onset AD. The gen...

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Autores principales: Atkins, Emily R., Panegyres, Peter K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3141112/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21785673
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/ni.2011.e1