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Associations between depression, sleep disturbance, and apolipoprotein E in the development of Alzheimer's disease: dementia.
International psychogeriatrics - 1 Sept 2016
Burke Shanna L, Maramaldi Peter, Cadet Tamara, Kukull Walter
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BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative brain disease that causes cognitive impairment and dementia. Within the US, AD is the most common form of dementia in the elderly, affecting 1 in 10 people over the age of 65. Sleep disturbance has been called a "public health epidemic" and, like depression, is a prodromal symptom of AD but may also contribute to the risk of developing AD. It was...
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