Current Alzheimer research
Hypertension is the Main Vascular Risk Factor for Cognitive Impairment, Microvascular Pathology and Brain Atrophy in Alzheimer's Disease.
Shailendra Mohan Tripathi, Helen Shiells, Jennifer Waymont, Roger Staff, Bjoern Schelter, Peter Bentham, Claude M Wischik, Alison D Murrray
Published: 202610.2174/0115672050399596251106033110
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is the commonest pathology underlying dementia, but it frequently coexists with cerebrovascular disease (CVD). Existing literature supports a possible role for vascular risk factors (VRFs), including hypertensio…
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