Anxiety Associated with Faster Alzheimer's Disease Onset (IMAGE)

Radiological Society of North America

Anxiety Associated with Faster Alzheimer's Disease Onset

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Brain MRI of a 72-year-old woman shows loss of volume of the hippocampus (arrows). The patient had all three characteristics, volume loss of the hippocampi, APOE4, and anxiety, found in the study to be associated with progression from mild cognitive impairment to dementia.

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