Multiple-threshold models for genetic influences on age of onset for Alzheimer disease: Findings in Swedish twins

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 724-728

  Pedersen, Nancy L ^a,b,c   Posner, Samuel F ^a,b   Gatz, Margaret ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Age effects; Age of onset; Alzheimer disease; Twins

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; TWINS;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0035829967     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1608     Document Type: Article

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