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Midlife predictors of Alzheimer's disease.
Maturitas - 1 Feb 2010
Bendlin B B, Carlsson C M, Gleason C E, Johnson S C, Sodhi A, Gallagher C L, Puglielli L, Engelman C D, Ries M L, Xu G, Wharton W, Asthana S
Abstract excerpt
Factors contributing to increased risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD) include age, sex, genes, and family history of AD. Several risk factors for AD are endogenous; however, accumulating evidence implicates modifiable risk factors in the pathogenesis of AD. Although the continued task of identifying new genes will be critical to learning more about the disease, several research findings suggest that potentially...
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