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A life-course approach to the aetiology of late-onset dementias.
The Lancet. Neurology - 1 Jan 2006
Whalley Lawrence J, Dick Finlay D, McNeill Geraldine
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Substantial progress has been made in the understanding of the neurobiology of dementias, but comprehensive causal models are not available. Genetic and environmental factors probably interact to determine vulnerability to the dementias. The life-course approach to age-related diseases, when systematically applied to the dementias, provides opportunities to identify the nature and timing of environmental...
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