Early-onset dementias: Clinical, neuropathological and genetic characteristics

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 451-465

  Giannakopoulos, P ^a   Hof, P R ^b   Savioz, A ^a   Guimon, J ^a   Antonarakis, S E ^a   Bouras, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Clinicopathological correlations; Early onset dementia; Genetics; Pick's disease

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; GENETICS; HUMAN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PICK PRESENILE DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; DEMENTIA; HUMANS;

EID: 0029930917     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050452     Document Type: Review

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