Apolipoprotein E and central nervous system disorders: reviews of clinical findings.

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Dementia is a major health problem in developed countries with over 25 million people affected worldwide and probably over 75 million people at risk during the next 20 years. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most frequent cause of dementia (50-70%), followed by vascular dementia (30-40%), and mixed dementia (15-20%). AD pathogenesis is still to be elucidated but it is believed to be the complex interaction between...

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