Association of higher diastolic blood pressure levels with cognitive impairment

Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 589-595

  Tsivgoulis, G ^a,d   Alexandrov, A V ^a   Wadley, V G ^b   Unverzagt, F W ^e   Go, R C P ^c   Moy, C S ^f   Kissela, B ^g   Howard, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 69449108743     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181b38969     Document Type: Article

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