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. 1983 May;46(5):421–425. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.46.5.421

Identical twins with Alzheimer's disease.

C Kilpatrick 1, R Burns 1, P C Blumbergs 1
PMCID: PMC1027390  PMID: 6101177

Abstract

Genetically proven identical twin sisters with Alzheimer's disease are reported. Both sisters at the age of fifty years developed a dementing illness. Their mother and maternal grandmother developed at the same age a similar illness. It is suggested that in some cases of familial Alzheimer's disease the condition is inherited by a single mutant gene.

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