Commingling analysis of memory performance in elderly men.

doi:10.1002/gepi.1370110506

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Commingling analysis of memory performance in elderly men.

Genetic epidemiology - 1 Jan 1994

Palmer C G, Wolkenstein B H, La Rue A, Swan G E, Smalley S L

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Smalley et al. [(1992) Genet Epidemiol 9:333-345] found evidence of a mixture of two distributions in memory performance among offspring of patients with dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT), suggesting that these groups reflect genotypic subgroups of carriers and non-carriers of a putative DAT g...

Topics

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alzheimer Disease
Cluster Analysis
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Genotype
Heterozygote
Humans
Likelihood Functions
Male
Memory
Middle Aged
Normal Distribution
Predictive Value of Tests
Prognosis
Risk Factors

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