Publication Date:
2011-11-09
Description:
Thank you for giving us an opportunity to reply to the letter to the editor by Pomara and Bruno (1) requesting clarification about the APOE ε2 allele and family history status of the antidepressant-treated group vs. untreated group in our paper in PNAS (2). As pointed out in the letter, there is work describing protective effects of APOE ε2 allele status and higher risk with a family history of Alzheimer's disease. These indeed are potentially important covariates. We did not include APOE ε2 status in the paper because of the small number of individuals in our study sample with this...
Keywords:
Letters
Print ISSN:
0027-8424
Electronic ISSN:
1091-6490
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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