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Are premorbid personality traits linked to the risk of Alzheimer's Disease? A case series of subjects with familial mutation.
Psychotherapy and psychosomatics - 1 Jan 2000
Balestrieri M, Nacmias B, Sorbi S, Marcon G
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BACKGROUND: The identification of the premorbid manifestation of Alzheimer's disease (AD) usually is carried out retrospectively by eliciting information from caregivers. However, the study of subjects with familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) not yet affected by AD allows the direct identification of premorbid characteristics of the disease. METHODS: This is a psychometric assessment of 3 mutated and 5 control...
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