Gene Tied to Post-Op Delirium in Elderly (HealthDay)

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HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Elderly people with theapolipoprotein E (APOE) e4 gene variant -- associated with an increasedrisk of late-onset Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia -- aremore likely to develop postoperative delirium after major surgery thanthose without the gene variant, a U.S. study finds.

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