Hunter R, Dayan A D, Wilson J
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1972 Oct;35(5):707-10. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.35.5.707.
A woman of 64 died after an illness lasting 15 years and characterized by a progressive amnesic syndrome followed by global dementia. The brain showed changes typical of Alzheimer's disease. Her monozygotic twin sister was clinically not affected and died two years later of carcinoma. This is the second report of monozygotic twin sisters apparently discordant for presenile dementia of Alzheimer type.
一名64岁女性在患病15年后去世,其病症表现为进行性失忆综合征,随后发展为全面性痴呆。大脑呈现出阿尔茨海默病的典型病变。她的同卵双胞胎姐妹临床上未受影响,两年后死于癌症。这是关于一对同卵双胞胎姐妹明显患不同类型早老性痴呆症的第二例报告。