Early diagnosis and the clinical genetics of Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 69-72

  Lovestone, Simon ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Diagnosis; Genetic counseling; Genetics; Predictive testing

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CLINICAL GENETICS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PRESENILIN-1; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033044542     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150050310     Document Type: Short Survey

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