International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2013;21(9):702-706

doi:10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4165.2013.09.008

Vascular factors for Alzheimer's disease

Junlan NIU ; Yuechun LI ; Guorong LIU ; Baojun WANG

Keywords

Alzheimer Disease; Vascular Diseases; Risk Factors

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

A growing body of evidence demonstrates that vascular factors have involved in the occurrence and development of Alzheimer's disease.This article reviews the research progress of the AD-associated vascular factors from the aspects of AD epidemiology,pathology,clinical research,imaging,and genetics,expecting to investigate the nature of AD from all aspects through vascular factors and finding a new entry point for prevention,diagnosis and treatment of AD.