Low blood pressure and risk of dementia in the Kungsholmen project: A 6-year follow-up study

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 223-228

  Qiu, Chengxuan ^a,b   Von Strauss, Eva ^a   Fastbom, Johan ^a   Winblad, Bengt ^a   Fratiglioni, Laura ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN PERFUSION; DEMENTIA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037322108     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.60.2.223     Document Type: Article

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