Dementia: Cognitive resilience in APOE ∗ ε 4 carriers-is race important?

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 190-191

  Barnes, Lisa L ^a   Bennett, David A ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

APOE EPSILON4; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE RESILIENCE; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; NOTE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; AGING; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK REDUCTION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGING; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; COGNITION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84926528989     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2015.38     Document Type: Note

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