Alzheimer's disease is often attributable to genetic factors; study of a large twin series to clarify the relationship between genetic and environmental factors;Genetiska faktorer ligger ofta bakom Alzheimers sjukdom: Stor tvillingstudie skall klarlägga sambanden arv-miljö

Lakartidningen

Volumn , Issue 22, 1998, Pages 2585-2588

  Pedersen, Nancy L ^a,d   Berg, Stig ^b   Johansson, Boo ^b   Johansson, Kurt ^c   Viitanen, Matti ^c   Winblad, Bengt ^c   Gatz, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Institutet För Gerontologi   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; SWEDEN; TWINS;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032571932     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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