APOE and mild cognitive impairment: the Framingham Heart Study
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APOE and mild cognitive impairment: the Framingham Heart Study.
BACKGROUND The risk apolipoprotein E-4 (APOE4) poses for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) may vary based on the neuropsychological definition of MCI. SETTING A community-based cohort study. METHODS Using two psychometric neuropsychological impairment definitions, we examined APOE4 and prevalent MCI among older adults or pre-MCI among middle-aged adults. Neuropsychological, clinical and genet...
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عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1468-2834,0002-0729
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afu183