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Surgery is associated with ventricular enlargement as well as cognitive and functional decline.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association - 1 May 2016
Schenning Katie J, Murchison Charles F, Mattek Nora C, Silbert Lisa C, Kaye Jeffrey A, Quinn Joseph F
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INTRODUCTION: In preclinical studies, surgery/anesthesia contribute to cognitive decline and enhance neuropathologic changes underlying Alzheimer's disease (AD). Nevertheless, the link between surgery, anesthesia, apolipoprotein E ε4 (APOE ε4), and AD remains unclear. METHODS: We performed a retrospective cohort analysis of two prospective longitudinal aging studies. Mixed-effects statistical models were used to...
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