A Family-Genetic Study of Dementia of Alzheimer Type

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1988, Pages 894-900

  Martin, Ronald L ^a,b,c   Gerteis, Gretchen ^a   Gabrielli, William F ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABNORMALITIES; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MODELS, GENETIC; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023682086     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1988.01800340016002     Document Type: Article

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