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Prevalence of dementia after age 90 : Results from The 90+ Study by CORRADA, M. M, BROOKMEYER, R, BERLAU, D, PAGANINI-HILL, A, KAWAS, C. H

“…Although the prevalence of dementia increases with age from ages 65 to 85, whether this increase continues after age 90 is unclear. Most studies reporting on…”
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Prior endogenous and exogenous estrogen and incident dementia in the 10th decade of life: The 90+ Study by Paganini-Hill, A, Corrada, M M, Kawas, C H

“…This study aimed to investigate the association of endogenous and exogenous estrogen exposure with risk of incident dementia in the oldest-old (age 90+ years)…”
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Projections of Alzheimer's disease in the United States and the public health impact of delaying disease onset by Brookmeyer, R, Gray, S, Kawas, C

“…The goal of this study was to project the future prevalence and incidence of Alzheimer's disease in the United States and the potential impact of interventions…”
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Free testosterone and risk for Alzheimer disease in older men by MOFFAT, S. D, ZONDERMAN, A. B, METTER, E. J, KAWAS, C, BLACKMAN, M. R, HARMAN, S. M, RESNICK, S. M

“…To investigate the relationships between age-associated decreases in endogenous serum total testosterone (T) and a free T index (FTI) in men and the subsequent…”
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Age-specific incidence rates of Alzheimer's disease: the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging by Kawas, C, Gray, S, Brookmeyer, R, Fozard, J, Zonderman, A

“…To estimate age-specific incidence rates of AD in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA). The BLSA is a volunteer cohort of normal subjects followed…”
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Visual memory predicts Alzheimer's disease more than a decade before diagnosis by KAWAS, C. H, CORRADA, M. M, BROOKMEYER, R, MORRISON, A, RESNICK, S. M, ZONDERMAN, A. B, ARENBERG, D

“…Recent studies have suggested that AD may reflect a chronic process that begins many years before the clinical expression of dementia. The current study…”
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Neuropathologic features associated with Alzheimer disease diagnosis: Age matters by MIDDLETON, L. E, GRINBERG, L. T, MILLER, B, KAWAS, C, YAFFE, K

“…To examine whether the association between clinical Alzheimer disease (AD) diagnosis and neuropathology and the precision by which neuropathology…”
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Alpha- and beta-secretase activity as a function of age and beta-amyloid in Down syndrome and normal brain by Nistor, M, Don, M, Parekh, M, Sarsoza, F, Goodus, M, Lopez, G.E, Kawas, C, Leverenz, J, Doran, E, Lott, I.T, Hill, M, Head, E

“…Abstract Aged individuals with Down syndrome (DS) develop Alzheimer's disease (AD) neuropathology by the age of 40 years. The purpose of the current study was…”
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Calcium channel blockers and risk of AD: the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging by Yasar, S., Corrada, M., Brookmeyer, R., Kawas, C.

“…Objective: To investigate the association between use of calcium channel blockers (CCB), dihydropyridine (DHP) or nondihydropyridine (nonDHP) type CCB and risk…”
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Determinants of vascular dementia in the Cardiovascular Health Cognition Study by KULLER, L. H, LOPEZ, O. L, JAGUST, W. J, BECKER, J. T, DEKOSKY, S. T, LYKETSOS, C, KAWAS, C, BREITNER, J. C. S, FITZPATRICK, A, DULBERG, C

“…The authors evaluated 3,375 participants without dementia at the time of MRI in 1991 to 1994 over 5.7 years for incident dementia and type of dementia…”
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Neuropsychological characteristics of mild cognitive impairment subgroups by Lopez, O L, Becker, J T, Jagust, W J, Fitzpatrick, A, Carlson, M C, DeKosky, S T, Breitner, J, Lyketsos, C G, Jones, B, Kawas, C, Kuller, L H

“…Objective: To describe the neuropsychological characteristics of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) subgroups identified in the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS)…”
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Risk of Alzheimer's disease and duration of NSAID use by Stewart, Walter F, Kawas, Claudia, Corrada, Maria, Metter, E Jeffrey

“…Article abstract-In a longitudinal study of 1,686 participants in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, we examined whether the risk of Alzheimer's…”
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A prospective study of estrogen replacement therapy and the risk of developing Alzheimerʼs disease: The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging by Kawas, C, Resnick, S, Morrison, A, Brookmeyer, R, Corrada, M, Zonderman, A, Bacal, C, Lingle, D Donnell, Metter, E

“…Previous reports have suggested that estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) in women may exert a protective effect on their risk of developing Alzheimerʼs disease…”
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Activities and mortality in the elderly: the Leisure World cohort study by Paganini-Hill, Annlia, Kawas, Claudia H, Corrada, María M

“…Although physical activity has substantial health benefits and reduces mortality, few studies have examined its impact on survival beyond age 75. Using the…”
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Classification of vascular dementia in the Cardiovascular Health Study Cognition Study by LOPEZ, O. L, KULLER, L. H, BECKER, J. T, JAGUST, W. J, DEKOSKY, S. T, FITZPATRICK, A, BREITNER, J, LYKETSOS, C, KAWAS, C, CARLSON, M

“…To describe the diagnostic classification of subjects with incident vascular dementia (VaD) participating in the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) Cognition…”
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The CA1 Region of the Human Hippocampus Is a Hot Spot in Alzheimer's Disease by WEST, M. J., KAWAS, C. H., MARTIN, L. J., TRONCOSO, J. C.

“…: Data from an ongoing study of differences in the total number of neurons in the five major subdivisions of the hippocampal regions of the brains of patients…”
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APOE genotype and survival in men and women with Alzheimer's disease by DAL FORNO, G, CARSON, K. A, BROOKMEYER, R, TRONCOSO, J, KAWAS, C. H, BRANDT, J

“…The epsilon 4 allele of the APOE gene (APOE) is more frequent in patients with AD than in the general population, but studies are inconclusive as to whether it…”
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Microtransplantation of Functional Receptors and Channels from the Alzheimer's Brain to Frog Oocytes by Miledi, R., Dueñas, Z., Martinez-Torres, A., Kawas, C. H., Eusebi, F.

“…About a decade ago, cell membranes from the electric organ of Torpedo and from the rat brain were transplanted to frog oocytes, which thus acquired functional…”
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Dementia and alzheimer’s disease - lessons from the oldest-old by Kawas, C.

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Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in Alzheimer's disease by Rich, J B, Rasmusson, D X, Folstein, M F, Carson, K A, Kawas, C, Brandt, J

“…Article abstract-We reviewed the records of 210 patients in the Johns Hopkins Alzheimer's Disease Research Center to evaluate the role of nonsteroidal…”
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