Role of apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 (APOE*ε4) as an independent risk factor for incident depression over a 12-year period in cognitively intact adults across the lifespan
BackgroundThe apolipoprotein E ε4 allele (APOE*ε4) is indicated as a risk for Alzheimer's disease and other age-related diseases. The risk attributable to APOE*ε4 for depression is less clear and may be because of confounding of the relationship between dementia and depression.AimsWe examined t...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2020-05-01
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Series: | BJPsych Open |
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Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472420000290/type/journal_article |