Oldest-old healthy brain function: The genomic potentials

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1217-1221

  Kaye, Jeffrey A ^a,b  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; DEMENTIA; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030850569     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1997.00550220027009     Document Type: Review

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