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==Risk factors== | ==Risk factors== | ||
*Degenerative: This is the most common cause of dementia, named [[Alzheimer's disease (patient information)|Alzheimer's disease]]. | *Degenerative: This is the most common cause of dementia, named [[Alzheimer's disease (patient information)|Alzheimer's disease]]. | ||
*[[Stroke (patient information)|Stroke]] | *[[Stroke (patient information)|Stroke]] | ||
*[[Lewy body disease]] | *[[Lewy body disease]] | ||
*[[Parkinson's disease]] | *[[Parkinson's disease]] | ||
*[[Multiple sclerosis]] | *[[Multiple sclerosis]] | ||
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*[[Brain tumor (patient information)|Brain tumor]]s | *[[Brain tumor (patient information)|Brain tumor]]s | ||
*Brain [[infection]] | *Brain [[infection]] | ||
*Low educational attainment | |||
*Midlife [[hypertension]] | |||
*ension | |||
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{{WH}} | {{WH}} | ||
Revision as of 23:35, 28 September 2020
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: ,Sabeeh Islam, MBBS[2]
Risk factors
- Degenerative: This is the most common cause of dementia, named Alzheimer's disease.
- Stroke
- Lewy body disease
- Parkinson's disease
- Multiple sclerosis
- Huntington's disease
- Pick's disease
- Progressive supranuclear palsy
- Brain tumors
- Brain infection
- Low educational attainment
- Midlife hypertension
- ension