Relevance of cardiovascular risk factors and ischemic cerebrovascular disease to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease: A review of accrued findings from the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  White, Lon ^a,c   Launer, Lenore ^b  

^a KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c PHRI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; HAWAII; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 33747601087     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002093-200607001-00012     Document Type: Review

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