No evidence for a genetic relationship between alzheimer's disease and longevity

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Heun, Reinhard ^a   Bonsignore, Marzia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cosegregation; Dementia; Familial aggregation; Genetics; Longevity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LONGEVITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 3042550154     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077728     Document Type: Article

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