Article
Heritability of psychosis in Alzheimer disease.
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry - 1 Jul 2005
Bacanu Silviu-Alin, Devlin Bernie, Chowdari Kodavali V, DeKosky Steven T, Nimgaonkar Vishwajit L, Sweet Robert A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The authors have previously demonstrated familial clustering of psychotic symptoms in late-onset Alzheimer disease (LOAD+P) and sought to estimate and explore the nature of the heritability of LOAD+P. METHODS: The heritability of LOAD+P, defined by single and multiple psychotic symptoms, was estimated with data from the National Institute of Mental Health AD Genetics Initiative. RESULTS: The estimated...
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