Early intervention in Alzheimer disease: The importance of APOE4 plus family history

Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 2054-2055

  Corder, Elizabeth H ^a   Caskey, John ^a  

^a Matrix Genomics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EDITORIAL; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEREDITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERBAL MEMORY; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 73349110949     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181c67870     Document Type: Editorial

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