Validity of family history for the diagnosis of dementia among siblings of patients with late-onset Alzheimer's disease

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 215-223

  Devi, G ^a,c   Marder, K ^a,c   Schofield, P W ^a,c   Tang, M X ^a,d   Stern, Y ^a,b,c   Mayeux, R ^a,b,c  

^a Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^b Taub Inst Res Alzheimer's Dis A   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Family history; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIBLING;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031924585     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1998)15:3<215::AID-GEPI1>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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