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Traumatic brain injury as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease: a review.
Neuropsychology review - 1 Jun 2000
Lye T C, Shores E A
Abstract excerpt
Accumulating epidemiological evidence implicates traumatic brain injury as a pathogenic agent in the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Considering the increase in the prevalence of both traumatic brain injury and AD in recent times, the possibility that brain trauma may provoke the early development of AD has important implications for health service planning, preventative efforts, and medico-legal...
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