Cerebral small vessel disease and the risk of Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review.

CONCLUSIONS: Some CSVD markers were significantly associated with clinical AD pathology and may be associated with Aβ/tau pathology. WMHs and microinfarcts were associated with increased risk of AD. It remains unclear whether they precede or follow AD pathology. PMID: 29898422 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Ageing Research Reviews - June 10, 2018 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Liu Y, Braidy N, Poljak A, Chan DK, Sachdev P Tags: Ageing Res Rev Source Type: research