A systematic review of familial Alzheimer's disease: Differences in presentation of clinical features among three mutated genes and potential ethnic differences

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 67-75

  Shea, Yat Fung ^a   Chu, Leung Wing ^a,b   Chan, Angel On Kei ^c   Ha, Joyce ^a   Li, Yan ^d   Song, You Qiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d QILU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Amyloid precursor protein; Autosomal dominant; Familial Alzheimer's disease; Presenilin 1; Presenilin 2

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; PRESENILIN 1; PRESENILIN 2; PSEN1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PSEN2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APRAXIA; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CODON; DISORIENTATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILIAL ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; TAIWAN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PRESENILIN-1; PRESENILIN-2; TAIWAN;

EID: 84960211552     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: 18760821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2015.08.004     Document Type: Review

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