Epidemiologic and genetic studies of dementia of the Alzheimer type in Japan

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 294-298

  Urakami, Katsuya ^a   Adachi, Yoshiki ^a   Wakutani, Yosuke ^a   Isoe, Kenji ^a   Ji, Yong ^a   Takahashi, Kazuro ^a   Nakashima, Kenji ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyloid precursor protein; Apolipoprotein E; Dementia of the Alzheimer type; Epidemiological study; Presenilin; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; PRESENILIN 1; PRESENILIN 2;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031845465     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017074     Document Type: Article

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