Familial aggregation in Alzheimer’s disease: Comparison of risk among relatives of early- and late-onset cases, and among male and female relatives in successive generations

Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 207-212

  Breitner, John C S ^a   Silverman, Jeremy M ^a   Mohs, Richard C ^a   Davis, Kenneth L ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023853488     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.38.2.207     Document Type: Article

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