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Head circumference and incident Alzheimer's disease: modification by apolipoprotein E.
Neurology - 23 Oct 2001
Borenstein Graves A, Mortimer J A, Bowen J D, McCormick W C, McCurry S M, Schellenberg G D, Larson E B
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BACKGROUND: The clinical expression of AD likely occurs when the accumulation of degeneration in specific brain regions leads to the descent below a critical threshold of "brain reserve" beyond which normal cognitive function cannot be maintained. The association between head circumference (HC), a measure of brain reserve, and the incidence of probable AD was examined in a large nondemented cohort that has been...
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