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Special Report - Special Report - February 28, 2013
Researchers claim to find new Alzheimer's indicator
Cerebrovascular disease in small vessels might be second 'necessary factor'

Newswise

New findings by Columbia University researchers suggest that along with amyloid deposits, something called white matter hyperintensities, or WMHs, might be a second necessary factor for the development of Alzheimer's disease.

Most current approaches to Alzheimer's disease focus on the accumulation of amyloid plaque in the brain. The researchers at Columbia's Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, led by Adam M. Brickman, assistant professor of neuro...


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