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Chunk #0 — Introduction

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Interpretation of risk loci from genome-wide association studies of Alzheimer's disease.
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Alzheimer’s disease is a neurological condition characterised by progressive decline in cognition, with concomitant functional decline.1 The primary pathological hall mark of Alzheimer’s disease is the aggregation of amyloid β peptides into extracellular plaques and of hyperphosphorylated tau into intracellular neurofibrillary tangles, accompanied by neuro inflammation, gliosis, and neurodegeneration.2