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Despite of the late onset Alzheimer's dementia causes are still unknown, but the scientists tend to say that it could be by a combination of:
- environmental
- and genetic.
The specific genes that directly cause the late onset Alzheimer's disease is from Chromosome 19 (Please see Image 1).
The genetic marker of Alzheimer's disease on chromosome 19 is APOE. The mutation in this chromosome cause increases Apolipoprotein E (APOE) that plays a big role in memory ability in aging.
For the early onset Alzheimer's disease comes about a person between thirties and mid-sixties is caused by genetic mutation.
The mutation was in the any one of number of different of single gene in any chromosome with number 1, 14, and 21.
In my opinion, this is one of interesting parts to understand Alzheimer's disease.
Isn’t it?
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