Midlife blood pressure, Amyloid-β, and risk for alzheimer disease: One more reason to treat hypertension

Hypertension

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 771-772

  Elias, Merrill F ^a   Davey, Adam ^b  

^a University of Maine   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASIAN AMERICAN; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84858704475     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.189464     Document Type: Note

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