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Researchers concluded that PTSD, TBI, and a specific variant of the APOE gene showed strong associations with Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD).
Head injury and post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, may increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease among people who carry a certain genetic variant, a study of U.S. military veterans suggests.
The influence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and genetic risk factors in a large cohort have never been studied simultaneously in the medical community.
The medical community has never researched the simultaneous impact of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and genetic risk factors in a large cohort … until now.
In the largest-ever genetic study of dementia in people of African ancestry, VA researchers identified several genetic risks different from those seen in people of European ancestry.