Familial Alzheimer's disease and cortical Lewy bodies: is there a genetic susceptibility factor?

doi:10.1159/000106945

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Familial Alzheimer's disease and cortical Lewy bodies: is there a genetic susceptibility factor?

Dementia (Basel, Switzerland) - 1 Jan 2000

Lippa C F, Smith T W, Nee L, Robitaille Y, Crain B, Dickson D, Pulaski-Salo D, Pollen D A

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The reason for the occurrence of Lewy body disease (LBD) in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients is unknown. If brains from etiologically different AD groups differ in their tendency to develop cortical Lewy bodies, the concurrence of LBD in AD patients may be a manifestation of the AD process in sp...

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Aged
Alzheimer Disease
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21
Down Syndrome
Family
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Genotype
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Parkinson Disease
Risk Factors

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