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A Family with Alzheimer's Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

S. V. Patel
S. V. Patel*
Affiliation:
Monroe Community Hospital, University of Rochester, 435 East Henrietta Road, Rochester, New York 14603, USA;, St Mary's Hospital, Scarborough, Yorkshire
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Abstract

A family with clinically diagnosed Alzheimer's disease in three siblings is described. The inheritance of Alzheimer's disease in this pedigree is consistent with autosomal dominant inheritance.

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Brief Report
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue 3 , September 1989 , pp. 405 - 408
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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