Acute hypertensive crisis may be a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease induction and progression [14]

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 483-484

  Gharibzadeh, Shahriar ^a   Hoseini, Sayed Shahabuddin ^b   Mahdavi, Somayeh ^c  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS; LETTER; NERVE DEGENERATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 36348997143     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.2007.19.4.483     Document Type: Letter

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