Interfamilial and intrafamilial phenotypic heterogeneity in familial Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-6

  Lopez Alberola, Robert F ^a   Barker, Warren W ^a   Harwood, Dylan G ^a   Loewenstein, David A ^a,b   St George Hyslop, Peter H ^c   Tsuda, Takehide ^c   Rogaeva, Evgeny A ^d   Duara, Ranjan ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031001601     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089198879701000101     Document Type: Article

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