## Abstract ## Background Genetic risk factors are important in Alzheimer's disease (AD). These risk factors might also predispose for other disorders. This might lead to a familial coaggregation of AD and other disorders, e.g. Down's syndrome or Parkinson's disease. In the present study the risk
Psychiatric disorders in relatives of subjects with Alzheimer's disease
β Scribed by Reinhard Heun; Martin Kockler; Ursula Ptok
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 221 KB
- Volume
- 252
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1433-8491
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