Alzheimer's disease in twins

Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 101-104

  Raiha I ^a   Kaprio, J ^b   Koskenvuo, M ^a   Rajala, T ^a   Sourander, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; heritability; twins

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TWINS;

EID: 0030892582     PISSN: 07533322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0753-3322(97)86906-5     Document Type: Article

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