Monozygotic twins with alzheimer's disease treated with melatonin: Case report

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 260-263

  Brusco, Luis I ^b   Márquez, Miguel ^b   Cardinali, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Melatonin's antioxidant properties; Monozygotic twins; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; MELATONIN; THIORIDAZINE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEMORY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELATONIN; SLEEP DISORDERS; THIORIDAZINE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0344492689     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1998.tb00396.x     Document Type: Article

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