Earlier Alzheimer onset in Latino persons: Ethnic difference vs selection bias [3]

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1786-1787

  Ringman, John M ^a   Flores, Deborah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FAMILY HEALTH; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LETTER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27744531865     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.62.11.1786-c     Document Type: Letter

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