Editorial: Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and essential tremor: Three common degenerative diseases with shared mechanisms?

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 765-766

  Louis, E D ^a,b,c   Benito Leon J ^d,e  

^a Department of Epidemiology   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^c Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^e CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED SOBRE ENFERMEDADES NEURODEGENERATIVAS CIBERNED   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EDITORIAL; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; GENETICS; NOTE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 77952513149     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.02976.x     Document Type: Editorial

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