Epidemiologic and genetic studies of dementia of the alzheimer type in japan.

doi:10.1159/000017074

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Epidemiologic and genetic studies of dementia of the alzheimer type in japan.

Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders - 1 Jan 2000

Urakami K, Adachi Y, Wakutani Y, Isoe K, Ji Y, Takahashi K, Nakashima K

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We carried out two separate epidemiological studies on long-term changes, 10 years apart, on the prevalence rate of dementia in the elderly by the same method for the same area in Japan. We also performed a genetic study of patients with dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT) based on the epidemiol...

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Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alleles
Alzheimer Disease
Apolipoprotein E4
Apolipoproteins E
Child
Female
Humans
Japan
Male
Middle Aged
Prevalence

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