Article
Gender differences in dementia risk factors.
Gender medicine - 1 Jun 2007
Azad Nahid A, Al Bugami Muneerah, Loy-English Inge
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: With the aging of the population, dementia has become an important health concern in most countries. There is a growing body of literature on the importance of cardiovascular risk factors in the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD), vascular dementia, and mixed dementia (AD with cerebrovascular disease). OBJECTIVE: This article reviews the role of major risk factors in dementia between both sexes....
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