阿尔茨海默病 (有时) 具有高度遗传性:对二进制特征遗传性估计的变化驱动因素,系统审查

Shiying Liu1, William S Bush1, Rufus Olusola Akinyemi2

  • 1Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America.

PLoS genetics
|September 4, 2025
PubMed
概括

晚期阿尔茨海默病 (LOAD) 的遗传性估计在不同研究中存在显著差异. 这些遗传贡献必须在特定的人口和方法上进行解释,而不是作为普遍价值.

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