Impact of DNA testing for early-onset familial Alzheimer disease and frontotemporal dementia

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1828-1831

  Steinbart, Ellen J ^a   Smith, Corrine O ^a   Poorkaj, Parvoneh ^b   Bird, Thomas D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PRESENILIN 2;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0034762725     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.58.11.1828     Document Type: Article

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