Article
Evidence for modest familial co-aggregation between dementia and parkinsonism.
European journal of epidemiology - 1 Jan 2014
Feldman Adina L, Wirdefeldt Karin, Johansson Anna L V, Gatz Margaret, Pedersen Nancy L
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the contribution of shared familial risk to the co-occurrence of dementia and parkinsonism by studying familial co-aggregation of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). Using Swedish population-based registers we constructed two cohorts; a first-degree relative cohort of persons born 1932-1960 (n = 2,775,332) and a spouse cohort of persons born 1890-1960 (n = 4,736,006). Study...
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