Two genome-wide association studies together report three new susceptibility loci for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease. CLU, PICALM and CR1 may be involved in amyloid-β clearance from the brain.
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van Es, M., van den Berg, L. Alzheimer’s disease beyond APOE. Nat Genet 41, 1047–1048 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng1009-1047
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