Cognitive impairment and carotid atherosclerosis in a general Italian midlife and old population

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-38

  Prati, P ^a,k   Casaroli, M ^a   Bignamini, A ^b   Scotti, S ^a   Canciani, L ^c   Ruscio, M ^d   Balestrieri, M ^e   Bornstein, N ^f   Zanetti, O ^g   Tosetto, A ^h   Castellani, S ⁱ   Pantoni, L ⁱ   Touboul, P J ^j   Inzitari, D ⁱ  

^a Gervasutta Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c GP   (Italy)

^d S Daniele Hospital   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^f TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^g IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^h SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^j BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^k NONE   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Carotid atherosclerosis; Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Epidemiology; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33746363809     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094234     Document Type: Article

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