Complete ascertainment of dementia in the Swedish Twin Registry: The HARMONY study

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 439-447

  Gatz, Margaret ^a,b   Fratiglioni, Laura ^b   Johansson, Boo ^c   Berg, Stig ^a,d   Mortimer, James A ^e   Reynolds, Chandra A ^f   Fiske, Amy ^a   Pedersen, Nancy L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Elderly; Monozygotic twins; Prevalence twin studies

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; TWIN STUDIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 11844257540     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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