Clinical features and changing patterns of neurodegenerative disorders on Guam, 1997-2000

Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 90-97

  Galasko, D ^a,d   Salmon, D P ^a   Craig, U K ^b   Thal, L J ^a   Schellenberg, G ^c   Wiederholt, W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GUAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY;

EID: 0037039246     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.58.1.90     Document Type: Article

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