Alzheimer's Disease in the National Academy of Sciences—National Research Council Registry of Aging Twin Veterans: III. Detection of Cases, Longitudinal Results, and Observations on Twin Concordance

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 763-771

  Breitner, John C S ^a   Welsh, Kathleen A ^b   Gau, Barbara A ^c   Mcdonald, William M ^c   Steffens, David C ^c   Saunders, Ann M ^b   Magruder, Kathryn M ^d   Helms, Michael J ^c   Plassman, Brenda L ^b   Folstein, Marshal F ^e   Brandt, Jason ^f   Robinette, C Dennis ^g   Page, William F ^g  

^a Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development   (United States)

^b The Department of Psychiatry The Joseph and Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center ^*  (United States)

^c The Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SCREENING; SOLDIER; TWIN CONCORDANCE; TWIN ZYGOSITY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; DEMENTIA; DISEASES IN TWINS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGISTRIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VETERANS;

EID: 0029113637     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1995.00540320035011     Document Type: Article

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