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A population study on blood-brain barrier function in 85-year-olds: relation to Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia.
Neurology - 1 Apr 1998
Skoog I, Wallin A, Fredman P, Hesse C, Aevarsson O, Karlsson I, Gottfries C G, Blennow K
Abstract excerpt
We investigated blood-brain barrier (BBB) function in relation to Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VAD) in the very elderly. Sixty-five 85-year-old persons from a population-based sample were followed for 3 years; 29 were demented at age 85 (13 with AD, 14 with VAD, and 2 with other dementias), 7 developed dementia during follow-up, and 29 remained nondemented. CSF/serum albumin ratio was used as...
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