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Systemic inflammation and disease progression in Alzheimer disease

Neurology · 2009 · Vol. 73(10) · pp. 768–774
Clive HolmesColm CunninghamE. ZotovaJanet WoolfordC. DeanSteven KerrDavid CullifordV. Hugh Perry

Abstract

Both acute and chronic systemic inflammation, associated with increases in serum tumor necrosis factor alpha, is associated with an increase in cognitive decline in Alzheimer disease.

Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsTryptophan and brain disordersNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsDiseaseInflammationMedicineAlzheimer's diseaseSystemic inflammationPathologyImmunology

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Acute DiseaseAgedAged, 80 and overAlzheimer DiseaseChronic DiseaseCognition DisordersFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleProspective StudiesRetrospective StudiesTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaCohort StudiesBiomarkers
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