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Head trauma and risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease: The Rotterdam Study.
Neurology - 10 Dec 1999
Mehta K M, Ott A, Kalmijn S, Slooter A J, van Duijn C M, Hofman A, Breteler M M
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relation between head trauma and incidence of dementia in a prospective population-based study. BACKGROUND: Whether head trauma increases the risk of dementia and AD remains controversial. It has been suggested that the risk might be particularly increased for carriers of the APOE-epsilon4 allele. METHODS: The study population included 6645 participants of the prospective...
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