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Carotid intima-media thickness is associated with cognitive deficiency in hypertensive patients with elevated central systolic blood pressure

BACKGROUND: The role of hypertension in the loss of cognitive function is controversial. Relationships between hypertension and increases in cerebral vascular resistance, diffused lesions and multiple lacunar infarcts of the white matter are well known. Thus, the objectives of this study were: to ev...

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Autores principales: Dias, Eros da Mota, Giollo, Luiz Tadeu, Martinelli, Débora Dada, Mazeti, Camila, Júnior, Heitor Moreno, Vilela-Martin, José Fernando, Yugar-Toledo, Juan Carlos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3495224/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23078629
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-10-41