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. 1993 Aug 13;261(5123):921-3.
doi: 10.1126/science.8346443.

Gene dose of apolipoprotein E type 4 allele and the risk of Alzheimer's disease in late onset families

E H Corder  1 , A M Saunders, W J Strittmatter, D E Schmechel, P C Gaskell, G W Small, A D Roses, J L Haines, M A Pericak-Vance
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Gene dose of apolipoprotein E type 4 allele and the risk of Alzheimer's disease in late onset families

E H Corder et al. Science. .

Abstract

The apolipoprotein E type 4 allele (APOE-epsilon 4) is genetically associated with the common late onset familial and sporadic forms of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Risk for AD increased from 20% to 90% and mean age at onset decreased from 84 to 68 years with increasing number of APOE-epsilon 4 alleles in 42 families with late onset AD. Thus APOE-epsilon 4 gene dose is a major risk factor for late onset AD and, in these families, homozygosity for APOE-epsilon 4 was virtually sufficient to cause AD by age 80.

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  • New piece in Alzheimer's puzzle.
    Travis J. Travis J. Science. 1993 Aug 13;261(5123):828-9. doi: 10.1126/science.8346434. Science. 1993. PMID: 8346434 No abstract available.

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