Genetic testing should not be advocated as a diagnostic tool in familial forms of dementia

Am J Hum Genet. 2000 Oct;67(4):1033-5. doi: 10.1086/303074.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Age of Onset
  • Alzheimer Disease / diagnosis
  • Alzheimer Disease / genetics
  • Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor / genetics
  • Dementia / diagnosis*
  • Dementia / epidemiology
  • Dementia / genetics*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Gene Frequency / genetics
  • Genetic Counseling
  • Genetic Testing*
  • Humans
  • Membrane Proteins / genetics
  • Mutation / genetics
  • Polymorphism, Genetic / genetics
  • Presenilin-1
  • Presenilin-2
  • Prevalence
  • Prion Diseases / diagnosis
  • Prion Diseases / genetics
  • Prions / genetics

Substances

  • Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor
  • Membrane Proteins
  • PSEN1 protein, human
  • PSEN2 protein, human
  • Presenilin-1
  • Presenilin-2
  • Prions