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Variation in DCP1, encoding ACE, is associated with susceptibility to Alzheimer disease

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We thank members of the MRC Trial of Assessment of the Elderly, in particular A. Fletcher and A. Haines, for assistance in collecting the London control sample. This work was supported by a University of Wales College of Medicine studentship to P.G.K. and grants from the MRC (G953075N and G9605370), the Mental Health Foundation, the DHSS Northern Ireland and Bristol Research into Alzheimer's and Care of the Elderly (BRACE).

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Kehoe, P., Russ, C., McIlroy, S. et al. Variation in DCP1, encoding ACE, is associated with susceptibility to Alzheimer disease. Nat Genet 21, 71–72 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/5009

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