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Traumatic brain injury: cause or risk of Alzheimer's disease? A review of experimental studies.
Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) - 1 Nov 2005
Szczygielski J, Mautes A, Steudel W I, Falkai P, Bayer T A, Wirths O
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Traumatic Brain Injury is the leading cause of death and disability among young individuals in our society. Moreover, according to some epidemiological studies, head trauma is one of the most potent environmental risk factors for subsequent development of Alzheimer's disease. Interestingly, pathological features that are present also in Alzheimer's disease (in particular deposition of beta-amyloid protein) were...
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