Dementia in fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS): Comparison with Alzheimer's disease

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 147, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1138-1144

  Seritan, Andreea L ^a   Nguyen, Danh V ^b   Farias, Sarah Tomaszewski ^c   Hinton, Ladson ^a   Grigsby, Jim ^d   Bourgeois, James A ^a   Hagerman, Randi J ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Neuropsychiatric profile; Neuropsychological

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATAXIA; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TREMOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 55349132387     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30732     Document Type: Article

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