| pubmed-article:12784031 | pubmed:abstractText | First-degree relatives of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and major depression (MD) carry an increased genetic risk for the same disorders. Subjective memory complaints of the family members of patients might be an early sign or an indicator of an increased risk of either dementia or depression. Alternatively, they might be the consequence of the increased subjective awareness of relatives and spouses of patients of their own age-associated memory failures. To investigate the relevance of the above-mentioned hypotheses, the prevalence rates of subjective memory complaints of first-degree relatives and spouses of patients with AD, of patients with MD and of control subjects were compared. | lld:pubmed |
