Genetic and environmental factors in late onset dementia: Possible role for early parental death

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-81

  Whalley, Lawrence J ^a   Staff, Roger T ^b   Murray, Alison D ^a   Deary, Ian J ^c   Starr, John M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

APOE 4; childhood intelligence; dementia; parental death; risk factors

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DEATH; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LATE ONSET DEMENTIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTAL DEATH; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84870880173     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.3792     Document Type: Article

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