COMT genotype and cognitive function: an 8-year longitudinal study in white and black elders.

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Published in Neurology on April 20, 2010

Authors

A J Fiocco1, K Lindquist, R Ferrell, R Li, E M Simonsick, M Nalls, T B Harris, K Yaffe, Health ABC Study

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1: Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA. afiocco@klaru-baycrest.on.ca

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