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Psychosocial Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Disease in Down Syndrome Patients and their Association with Brain Changes: A Narrative Review
2022-04-05
Abstract excerpt
Several recent epidemiological studies attempted to identify risk factors for Alzheimer's disease. Age, family history, genetic factors (APOE genotype, Down syndrome), physical activity, and a low level of schooling are significant risk factors. In this review, we summarize the known psychosocial risk factors for the development of Alzheimer's disease in Down syndrome patients and their association with neuroanato...
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- Literature Corpus work
- e027944c-b410-532a-882b-3d819cfd66c5
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202204.0022.v1
