Delayed diagnosis of an old Chinese woman with familial Alzheimer's disease

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1020-1021

  Shea, Yat Fung ^a   Chu, Leung Wing ^a   Chan, Angel On Kei ^b   Kwan, Joseph Shiu Kwong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; DONEPEZIL PLUS MEMANTINE;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APP GENE; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; LETTER; MIDDLE AGED; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; PATHOLOGY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84943363311     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: 18760821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2014.11.003     Document Type: Article

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