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Are genetic factors important in the aetiology of leukoaraiosis? Results from a memory clinic population

✍ Khaled Amar; Sian Macgowan; Gordon Wilcock; Tim Lewis; Margaret Scott 📂 Article 📅 1998 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 115 KB 👁 1 views

Objective. To discover whether polymorphism in either the apolipoprotein E (ApoE) or angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) genes is associated with leukoaraiosis, white matter lesions visible on neuroimaging of the brain, which is commonly seen in dementia as well as some normal elderly subjects. Des