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DNMT3A Moderates Cognitive Decline in Subjects with Mild Cognitive Impairment: Replicated Evidence from Two Mild Cognitive Impairment Cohorts

Leonidas Chouliaras1 Department of Psychiatry & Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health & Neuroscience, European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The NetherlandsView further author information
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Gunter Kenis1 Department of Psychiatry & Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health & Neuroscience, European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The NetherlandsView further author information
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Pieter Jelle Visser1 Department of Psychiatry & Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health & Neuroscience, European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands;2 Department of Neurology, Alzheimer Center, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsView further author information
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Philip Scheltens2 Department of Neurology, Alzheimer Center, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsView further author information
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Magda Tsolaki3 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Memory & Dementia Center, 3rd Department of Neurology, G Papanicolaou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, GreeceView further author information
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Roy W Jones4 The Research Institute for the Care of Older People (RICE), Bath, UKView further author information
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Patrick G Kehoe5 School of Clinical Sciences, Dementia Research Group, University of Bristol Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UKView further author information
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Caroline Graff6 Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences & Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, SwedenView further author information
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Nicola G Girtler7 Clinical Neurology, Department of Neuroscience (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, ItalyView further author information
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Åsa K Wallin8 Clinical Memory Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, SwedenView further author information
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Marcel Olde Rikkert9 Radboud Alzheimer Center, Department of Geriatrics, Donders Institute for Cognitive Neurosciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The NetherlandsView further author information
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Luiza Spiru10 “Carol Davila” University of Medicine & Pharmacy, Bucharest, RomaniaView further author information
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Lyzel S Elias-Sonnenschein1 Department of Psychiatry & Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health & Neuroscience, European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The NetherlandsView further author information
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Inez HGB Ramakers1 Department of Psychiatry & Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health & Neuroscience, European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The NetherlandsView further author information
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Ehsan Pishva1 Department of Psychiatry & Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health & Neuroscience, European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The NetherlandsView further author information
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Jim van Os1 Department of Psychiatry & Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health & Neuroscience, European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The NetherlandsView further author information
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Harry WM Steinbusch1 Department of Psychiatry & Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health & Neuroscience, European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The NetherlandsView further author information
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Frans RJ Verhey1 Department of Psychiatry & Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health & Neuroscience, European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The NetherlandsView further author information
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Daniel LA van den Hove1 Department of Psychiatry & Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health & Neuroscience, European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The NetherlandsView further author information
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Bart PF Rutten1 Department of Psychiatry & Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health & Neuroscience, European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands;11 Department of Psychiatry & Psychology, Faculty of Health, Medicine & Life Sciences, School for Mental Health & Neuroscience (MHeNS), European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Universiteitssingel 50, 6229 ER, PO Box 616 6200MD, Maastricht, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 533-537 | Published online: 25 Jun 2015

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