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Long term incidence of dementia, predictors of mortality and pathological diagnosis in older stroke survivors.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Dec 2011
Allan Louise M, Rowan Elise N, Firbank Michael J, Thomas Alan J, Parry Stephen W, Polvikoski Tuomo M, O'Brien John T, Kalaria Raj N
Abstract excerpt
Greater understanding of the risk factors and mechanisms of incident dementia in stroke survivors is needed for prevention and management. There is limited information on the long-term consequences and forms of incident dementia in older stroke survivors. We recruited 355 patients aged >75 years from hospital-based stroke registers into a longitudinal study 3 months after stroke. At baseline none of the patients...
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