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Statin Use, Incident Dementia and Alzheimer Disease in Elderly African Americans

MBChB Hugh C. Hendrie, Ann Marie Hake, Kathleen A. Lane, BA Christianna Purnell, Frederick W. Unverzagt, Valerie Smith‐Gamble, Jill R. Murrell, MBChB Adesola Ogunniyi, Chris Callahan, Andrew J. Saykin,

Ethnicity & Disease · 2015 · 47 citations · 29 references

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Consistent use of statin medications during eight years of follow-up resulted in significantly reduced risk for incident AD and a trend toward reduced risk for incident dementia.

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2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Adults

Neil J. Stone, Jennifer G. Robinson, Alice H. Lichtenstein et al. · Circulation · 2013 · 7.1K citations · Full text

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Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2014 Update

Alan S. Go, Dariush Mozaffarian, Véronique L. Roger et al. · Circulation · 2013 · 5.2K citations · Full text

Overdependence on degraded gist memory in Alzheimer's disease.

Neuropsychology · 2006 · 4.7K citations

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The Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD). Part I. Clinical and neuropsychological assesment of Alzheimer's disease

J. C. Moms, Albert Heyman, Richard C. Mohs et al. · Neurology · 1989 · 4.1K citations

CAMDEX: A Standardised Instrument for the Diagnosis of Mental Disorder in the Elderly with Special Reference to the Early Detection of Dementia

Martin Roth, Elizabeth Tym, C.Q. Mountjoy et al. · The British Journal of Psychiatry · 1986 · 2.1K citations