Normal ageing and Alzheimer's disease (AD) have many features in common and, in many respects, both conditions only differ by quantitative criteria. A variety of genetic, medical and environmental factors modulate the ageing-related processes leading the brain into the devastation of AD. In accordan
Parental age as a risk factor in Alzheimer's disease
β Scribed by Dr Suzanne Corkin; John H. Growdon; Shelley L. Rasmussen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 304 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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