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Women-only gene linked to dementia

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Scientists have found a genetic risk factor for late onset Alzheimer's disease which is carried only by women.

The discovery is the first evidence to suggest that genetics may partly explain why more women than men tend to develop the disease.

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The raised risk of Alzheimer's was not statistically significant in men who carried one copy of the rogue gene variant, and only marginally so in women with just one copy.

But the raised risk was much more significant in women who carried two copies - one inherited from each parent.

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