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Performance on neurocognitive tests by co-twins to dementia cases compared to normal control twins.

Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology - 1 Dec 2005

Gatz Margaret, Fiske Amy, Reynolds Chandra A, Johansson Boo, Fratiglioni Laura, Pedersen Nancy L

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Nondemented co-twins of twins who were diagnosed as demented were compared to randomly selected members of normal control twin pairs in which both members of the pair were nondemented. Nondemented co-twins included 23 monozygotic and 62 dizygotic twins; there were 27 normal control twins. Both monozygotic and dizygotic nondemented co-twins of dementia cases scored significantly lower than normal control twins on...

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PMID: 16306240
DOI: 10.1177/0891988705281865

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