Association of sickle cell trait with measures of cognitive function and dementia in African Americans

Association of sickle cell trait with measures of cognitive function and dementia in African Americans

Objective: The incidence and prevalence of cognitive decline and dementia are significantly higher among African Americans compared with non-Hispanic Whites. The aim of this study was to determine whether inheritance of the sickle cell trait (SCT) i.e. heterozygosity for the sickle cell mutation inc...

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Main Authors: Nemin Chen, Christina Caruso, Alvaro Alonso, Vimal K. Derebail, Abhijit V. Kshirsagar, A. Richey Sharrett, Nigel S. Key, Rebecca F. Gottesman, Megan L. Grove, Jan Bressler, Eric Boerwinkle, B. Gwen Windham, Thomas H. Mosley, Jr, Hyacinth I. Hyacinth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-09-01
Series:eNeurologicalSci
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405650219300255

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