Association of Decreased Paternal Age and Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease: An Example of Genetic Imprinting?

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 599-604

  Farrer, Lindsay A ^a   Cupples, L Adrienne ^a   Connor, Linda ^a   Wolf, Philip A ^a   Growdon, John H ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOTHERS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0025806596     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1991.00530180051017     Document Type: Article

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