Alzheimer’s Disease in 22 Twin Pairs – 13-Year Follow-Up: Hormonal, Infectious and Traumatic Factors

We obtained follow-up data on 22 sets of twins where at least one twin had Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The concordance rate for monozygotic twins (n = 17 pairs) was 59%, whereas that for dizygotic twins was 40%. In our series 8 monozygotic twins had hysterectomies; all had AD. The twins with hysterect...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders 1999-03, Vol.10 (2), p.148-151
Hauptverfasser:	Nee, Linda E., Lippa, Carol F.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age of Onset Aged Aged, 80 and over Alzheimer Disease - complications Alzheimer Disease - epidemiology Alzheimer Disease - physiopathology Alzheimer Disease - psychology Biological and medical sciences Craniocerebral Trauma - complications Craniocerebral Trauma - epidemiology Degenerative and inherited degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Leukodystrophies. Prion diseases Estrogen Replacement Therapy Female Follow-Up Studies Hormones - physiology Humans Hysterectomy Infection - complications Infection - epidemiology Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Neurology Original Research Article Risk Factors
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