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Elevated serum total and LDL cholesterol in very old patients with Alzheimer's disease.
Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders - 1 Jan 2000
Lesser G, Kandiah K, Libow L S, Likourezos A, Breuer B, Marin D, Mohs R, Haroutunian V, Neufeld R
Abstract excerpt
The relationships of serum lipids with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other dementias in very old patients are not clear. All residents of an academic nursing home were studied clinically for dementia and for serum lipids. All those autopsied over a 7.7-year period had apolipoprotein E (apoE) genotyping and detailed neuropathological examination. Those with pathologically defined criteria for AD (n = 84) were...
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