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Review
. 2000 Aug;13(4):385-9.
doi: 10.1097/00019052-200008000-00004.

Genetic epidemiology of Alzheimer's disease

J F Dartigues  1 , L Letenneur
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Review

Genetic epidemiology of Alzheimer's disease

J F Dartigues et al. Curr Opin Neurol. 2000 Aug.

Abstract

The genetics of Alzheimer's disease is one of the most complex topics to study from an epidemiological point of view, particularly in population-based studies on polymorphisms of genes. The present review focuses primarily on some conflicting results on genetic epidemiology of Alzheimer's disease, and the major difficulties met in such studies.

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