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SUBMITTER: Ikram MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5338082 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ikram M Arfan MA Bersano Anna A Manso-Calderón Raquel R Jia Jian-Ping JP Schmidt Helena H Middleton Lefkos L Nacmias Benedetta B Siddiqi Saima S Adams Hieab H H HH
BMC medicine 20170306 1
<h4>Background</h4>Vascular dementia is a common disorder resulting in considerable morbidity and mortality. Determining the extent to which genes play a role in disease susceptibility and their pathophysiological mechanisms could improve our understanding of vascular dementia, leading to a potential translation of this knowledge to clinical practice.<h4>Discussion</h4>In this review, we discuss what is currently known about the genetics of vascular dementia. The identification of causal genes r ...[more]