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Head injury and the risk of Alzheimer's disease
 — a case-control study
Author(s)Emad Salib, Valerie Hillier
Journal titleInternational Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 12, no 3,, March 1997
Pagespp 363-368
KeywordsInjuries ; Nervous systems ; Digestive systems ; Dementia ; Correlation ; Warrington.
AnnotationThis study at an EMI (elderly mentally ill) unit in Warrington compared 198 cases of Alzheimer's disease to selected controls (164 other dementias and 176 non-dementing group) with respect to history of head trauma, with or without loss of consciousness, prior to onset of dementia. Results suggest that risk factor did not appear to be a specific risk for Alzheimer's disease as previously claimed. The risk was also modified by sex, and only significant in male patients.
Accession NumberCPA-970807228 A
ClassmarkCU: BKN: BKA: EA: 49: 8CHA

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