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Risk Factors for Vascular Dementia and Alzheimer Disease

Philip B. Gorelick
- 01 Nov 2004 - 
- Vol. 35, Iss: 11, pp 2620-2622
TLDR
The vascular factors that might be responsible to cognitive decline in Alzheimer disease and vascular cognitive impairment are reviewed and the corresponding intervenvations that might prevent cognitive impairment as the authors age are reviewed.
Abstract
Alzheimer disease and vascular cognitive impairment are important causes of cognitive decline in the elderly. It has now been shown that vascular risk factors have measurable negative effects on the brain and are associated with cognitive impairment. We review vascular factors that might be responsible to cognitive decline in Alzheimer disease and vascular cognitive impairment and the corresponding intervenvations that might prevent cognitive impairment as we age.

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