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. 2021 Nov;17(11):659.
doi: 10.1038/s41582-021-00575-9.

Genome-wide association study identifies new risk loci for Alzheimer disease

Sarah Lemprière  1
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Genome-wide association study identifies new risk loci for Alzheimer disease

Sarah Lemprière. Nat Rev Neurol. 2021 Nov.
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  • A genome-wide association study with 1,126,563 individuals identifies new risk loci for Alzheimer's disease.
    Wightman DP, Jansen IE, Savage JE, Shadrin AA, Bahrami S, Holland D, Rongve A, Børte S, Winsvold BS, Drange OK, Martinsen AE, Skogholt AH, Willer C, Bråthen G, Bosnes I, Nielsen JB, Fritsche LG, Thomas LF, Pedersen LM, Gabrielsen ME, Johnsen MB, Meisingset TW, Zhou W, Proitsi P, Hodges A, Dobson R, Velayudhan L, Heilbron K, Auton A; 23andMe Research Team; Sealock JM, Davis LK, Pedersen NL, Reynolds CA, Karlsson IK, Magnusson S, Stefansson H, Thordardottir S, Jonsson PV, Snaedal J, Zettergren A, Skoog I, Kern S, Waern M, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Stordal E, Hveem K, Zwart JA, Athanasiu L, Selnes P, Saltvedt I, Sando SB, Ulstein I, Djurovic S, Fladby T, Aarsland D, Selbæk G, Ripke S, Stefansson K, Andreassen OA, Posthuma D. Wightman DP, et al. Nat Genet. 2021 Sep;53(9):1276-1282. doi: 10.1038/s41588-021-00921-z. Epub 2021 Sep 7. Nat Genet. 2021. PMID: 34493870 Free PMC article.

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    1. Wightman, D. P. et al. A genome-wide association study with 1,126,543 individuals identifies new risk loci for Alzheimer’s disease. Nat. Genet. 53, 1,276–1,282 (2021) - DOI
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