Role of genes and environments for explaining Alzheimer disease

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 168-174

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^f JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC RISK; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SWEDEN; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 32244435907     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.63.2.168     Document Type: Article

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