A twin study of late-onset depression and apolipoprotein E ε4 as risk factors for Alzheimer's disease

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 851-856

  Steffens, David C ^a   Plassman, Brenda L ^a   Helms, Michael J ^a   Welsh Bohmer, Kathleen A ^a   Saunders, Ann M ^a   Breitner, John C S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Apolipoprotein E; Dementia; Depression; Elderly; Twins

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030928899     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(96)00247-8     Document Type: Article

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