Heritability for Alzheimer's disease: The study of dementia in Swedish twins

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1997, Pages

  Gatz, Margaret ^a   Pedersen, Nancy L ^a,b   Berg, Stig ^a,c   Johansson, Boo ^c   Johansson, Kurt ^d   Mortimer, James A ^e   Posner, Samuel F ^f   Viitanen, Matti ^d   Winblad, Bengt ^d   Ahlbom, Anders ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 18844479720     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/52A.2.M117     Document Type: Article

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