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Atherosclerosis and risk for dementia.
Annals of neurology - 1 May 2007
van Oijen Marieke, de Jong Frank Jan, Witteman Jacqueline C M, Hofman Albert, Koudstaal Peter J, Breteler Monique M B
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OBJECTIVE: Atherosclerosis has been implicated in the development of dementia and its major subtypes, Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia. However, support for this association mainly comes from cross-sectional studies. We investigated the association of atherosclerosis with dementia and subtypes of dementia during long follow-up, with various noninvasive measures of atherosclerosis. METHODS: This study was...
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