Alzheimer's disease in 22 twin pairs - 13-Year follow-up: Hormonal, infectious and traumatic factors

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 148-151

  Nee, Linda E ^a   Lippa, Carol F ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Estrogen; Trauma; Twin

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INFECTION; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033021455     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017115     Document Type: Article

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