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Stroke and APOE4 Work Together to Increase Dementia Risk
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Title Stroke and APOE4 Work Together to Increase Dementia Risk
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/568588?src=rss
Description Patients who have experienced a stroke and are also carriers of APOE4 are at increased risk for dementia compared with subjects with just one of these factors or neither, according to a report in the January 1st issue of Neurology. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > Pathology and Lab Medicine
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Date Jan 12, 2008
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