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Risk of Alzheimer's Disease for First Degree Relatives:

Risk of Alzheimer's Disease for First Degree Relatives: Family Issues of Risk Alzheimer's Disease for First Degree Relatives F. Marott Sinex, PhD cause of Synopsis In Alzheimer families there is primary Alzheimer's often considerable concern about disease, and the general pattern An estimate is made the risk to of the of risk to risk of inheriting the disease, first-degree relatives which first-degree relatives vic- of must resemble that particularly among the presented surviving tims of Alzheimer's disease (AD) here. first-degree relatives of the victim are exposed. The derived data, from and Our primary sources of data brothers, sons, (sisters, the literature, are presented in such are two In such papers: one by Breitner counseling daughters). to a way as answer the question of and family it would Folstein1 obtained at the members, be the relative who asks, "What is my helpful of Johns Hopkins to have a table the risk Medical Center in chance of the disease?" getting as a function of the and age and sex of Maryland, the other by Cumulative incidence is thus plotted the person making Hayman et al.2 the inquiry. obtained at the against present age. Because Duke Medical Unfortunately, we have neither Center in North women live longer, they are at http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Alzheimer's Care and Related Disorders SAGE

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Copyright © 2019 by Sage Publications
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0888-4897
DOI
10.1177/153331758600100407
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Abstract

Family Issues of Risk Alzheimer's Disease for First Degree Relatives F. Marott Sinex, PhD cause of Synopsis In Alzheimer families there is primary Alzheimer's often considerable concern about disease, and the general pattern An estimate is made the risk to of the of risk to risk of inheriting the disease, first-degree relatives which first-degree relatives vic- of must resemble that particularly among the presented surviving tims of Alzheimer's disease (AD) here. first-degree relatives of the victim are exposed. The derived data, from and Our primary sources of data brothers, sons, (sisters, the literature, are presented in such are two In such papers: one by Breitner counseling daughters). to a way as answer the question of and family it would Folstein1 obtained at the members, be the relative who asks, "What is my helpful of Johns Hopkins to have a table the risk Medical Center in chance of the disease?" getting as a function of the and age and sex of Maryland, the other by Cumulative incidence is thus plotted the person making Hayman et al.2 the inquiry. obtained at the against present age. Because Duke Medical Unfortunately, we have neither Center in North women live longer, they are at

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American Journal of Alzheimer's Care and Related DisordersSAGE

Published: Sep 4, 2016

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