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SUBMITTER: Guerreiro RJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2980860 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Neurobiology of aging 20100701 3
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex disorder with a clear genetic component. Three genes have been identified as the cause of early onset familial AD (EOAD). The most common form of the disease, late onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD), is, however, a sporadic one presenting itself in later stages of life. The genetic component of this late onset form of AD has been the target of a large number of studies, because only one genetic risk factor (APOE4) has been consistently associated with the dise ...[more]