Dementia of the Alzheimer type: Clinical and family study of 22 twin pairs

Neurology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1987, Pages 359-363

  Nee, L E ^a   Eldridge, R ^a   Sunderland, T ^c   Thomas, C B ^b   Katz, D ^a   Thompson, K E ^c   Weingartner, H ^c   Weiss, H ^c   Julian, C ^d   Cohen, R ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ETIOLOGY; FAMILY STUDY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TWINS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DISEASES IN TWINS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0023128721     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.37.3.359     Document Type: Article

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