Recent advances in the genetics of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia with an emphasis on gene-environment interactions.

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Published in J Am Geriatr Soc on October 01, 1996

Authors

B L Plassman1, J C Breitner

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.

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