A second family with familial AD and the V717L APP mutation has a later age at onset

Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 611-612

  Godbolt, A K ^a   Beck, J A ^a   Collinge, J C ^a   Cipolotti, L ^b   Fox, N C ^a   Rossor, M N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; VISUAL MEMORY; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CASE REPORT; GENETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSENSE MUTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIGREE;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE;

EID: 33645008216     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000197791.53828.2C     Document Type: Article

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