视网膜输液与黑人美国人的认知和脑MRI生物标志物有关

Farzan Abdolahi1, Victoria Yu1, Rohit Varma2

  • 1Department of Ophthalmology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA.

概括

黑人美国人的视网膜毛细管输液减少与较差的认知功能和小血管疾病的脑成像标志物有关,这表明其作为痴呆症生物标志物的潜力.

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