Alzheimer's disease: The vascular connection

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 243-244

  Brenner, David A ^a,b   Alexandrov, Andrei V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b RWUH 226 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 36248967120     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2007.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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