We performed a community-based study to investigate the relationship of genetic susceptibility and head injury to Alzheimer's disease (AD) in 138 patients with AD and 193 healthy elderly control subjects. Data concerning presence or absence of dementia and certain exposures were also obtained from 7
Assessment of genetic risk for alzheimer's disease among first-degree relatives
β Scribed by Dr. Lindsay A. Farrer; Dianne M. O'Sullivan; L. Adrienne Cupples; John H. Growdon; Richard H. Myers
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 914 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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