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Atherosclerosis, apolipoprotein E, and prevalence of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the Rotterdam Study.
Lancet (London, England) - 18 Jan 1997
Hofman A, Ott A, Breteler M M, Bots M L, Slooter A J, van Harskamp F, van Duijn C N, Van Broeckhoven C, Grobbee D E
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BACKGROUND: Vascular disorders have been implicated in dementia, but whether atherosclerosis is related to the most frequent type of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, is not known. The apolipoprotein-E genotype has been associated with Alzheimer's disease, and we postulate that it plays a part, toge...
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