Neurodegenerative Disease

Brain diseases account for 6% of all deaths.

Types:

  • Alzheimer’s Disease

  • Parkinson’s Disease

  • Vascular Dementia

  • Lewy Body Dementia

Genes:

Alzheimer’s Disease

  • 25% of the normal population has 1 copy of APOE 4 Gene

  • These people make up 67% of all Alzheimer’s cases

  • Other genes at play

  • APOE 4 types E3, E4, E2 = 6 combinations total

  • 22 (rarest), 23, 24(5-10%), 34 (35%), 33 (50-55%), 44 (second rarest)

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