Middle-aged children of Alzheimer parents, a pilot study: Stable neurocognitive performance at 20-year follow-up

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 187-191

  Jarvik, Lissy F ^a,b   La Rue, Asenath ^c   Gokhman, Izabella ^d   Harrison, Tracy ^a,b   Holt, Lori ^a   Steh, Bill ^a   Harker, Judith ^b   Larson, Scott ^a   Yaralian, Pauline ^a   Matsuyama, Steven ^a,b   Rasgon, Natalie ^e   Geschwind, Daniel ^f   Freimer, Nelson ^f   Jimenez, Elvira ^a,b   Schaeffer, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Longitudinal; Neurocognitive; Offspring

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOPSY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC RISK; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RATING SCALE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEDIGREE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 28444495893     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988705281862     Document Type: Conference Paper

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