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MTHFR and ACE gene polymorphisms and risk of vascular and degenerative dementias in the elderly.
Brain and cognition - 1 Dec 2009
Pandey Pratima, Pradhan Sunil, Modi Dinesh Raj, Mittal Balraj
Abstract excerpt
Focal lacunar infarctions due to cerebral small vessel atherosclerosis or single/multiple large cortical infarcts lead to vascular dementia, and different genes and environmental factors have been implicated in causation or aggravation of the disease. Previous reports suggest that some of the risk factors may be common to both vascular as well as degenerative dementia. Among genetic factors, role of angiotensin...
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