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Zaldy S Tan

Title(s)	Professor of Clinical , Medicine
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Biography

Education and Training

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA			Medicine
Brown University , Providence, RI			Internal Medicine
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA			Healthcare Management

Awards and Honors

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	2021	Carmen & Louis Warschaw Endowed Chair in Neurology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA	2020	Robert & Patricia Draine Endowed Chair in Geriatric Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA	2016	Philo Van Wagoner Endowed Chair
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA	2016	Arthur C. Cherkin Award in Geriatric Medicine

Overview

Dr. Zaldy Tan is the Carmen & Louis Warschaw Endowed Chair in Neurology and Director of the Bernard & Maxine Platzer Lynn Family Memory & Healthy Aging Program, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Tan performs epidemiological research on brain and healthy aging and health services research on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

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	Memory & Healthy Aging Program
	Cedars-Sinai

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Publications

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Pragmatic implementation of comprehensive dementia care management: The Cedars-Sinai C.A.R.E.S. Program preliminary data. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Mar 25. Tan ZS, Qureshi N, Spivack E, Rhinehart D, Gatmaitan D, Guinto A, Kremen S, Sicotte NL. PMID: 38526042.

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Ger Geriatrics
Blood pressure variability supersedes heart rate variability as a real-world measure of dementia risk. Sci Rep. 2024 01 22; 14(1):1838. Ebinger JE, Driver MP, Huang TY, Magraner J, Botting PG, Wang M, Chen PS, Bello NA, Ouyang D, Theurer J, Cheng S, Tan ZS. PMID: 38246978; PMCID: PMC10800333.

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Sci Science
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Alerting providers to hospitalized persons with dementia using the electronic health record. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Mar; 72(3):822-827. Tan ZS, Qureshi N, Roberts P, Guinto A, Escovedo C, Chung P, Spivack E, Nasmyth M, Kremen S, Sicotte NL. PMID: 37937688.

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Intervention to improve acute care nurses confidence and knowledge in hospital dementia care. Geriatr Nurs. 2023 Nov-Dec; 54:144-147. Rhinehart DM, Gatmaitan DL, Spivack E, Chung PC, Aronow HU, Tan ZS. PMID: 37782977.

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Ger Geriatrics Nur Nursing
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Association of blood pressure variability during acute care hospitalization and incident dementia. Front Neurol. 2023; 14:1085885. Ebinger JE, Driver MP, Botting P, Wang M, Cheng S, Tan ZS. PMID: 36824417; PMCID: PMC9941567.

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Hospital practices and clinical outcomes associated with behavioral symptoms in persons with dementia. J Hosp Med. 2022 09; 17(9):702-709. Tannenbaum R, Boltz M, Ilyas A, Gromova V, Ardito S, Bhatti M, Mercep G, Qiu M, Wolf-Klein G, Tan ZS, Wang J, Sinvani L. PMID: 35972233.

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Hos Hospitals
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The dawn of disease modification for Alzheimer's disease: Hope and peril. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 06; 70(6):1661-1663. Tan ZS. PMID: 35383891.

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Ger Geriatrics
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Containing the hospital days for older patients in the era of value-based care. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 02; 70(2):384-385. Tan ZS. PMID: 34913159.

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Ger Geriatrics
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Bone Mineral Density Measurements and Association With Brain Structure and Cognitive Function: The Framingham Offspring Cohort. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2021 Oct-Dec 01; 35(4):291-297. Stefanidou M, O'Donnell A, Himali JJ, DeCarli C, Satizabal C, Beiser AS, Seshadri S, Zaldy T. PMID: 33973881; PMCID: PMC8608007.

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Neu Neurology Psy Psychiatry
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Caregiver outcomes of a dementia care program. Geriatr Nurs. 2021 Mar-Apr; 42(2):447-459. Evertson LC, Jennings LA, Reuben DB, Zaila KE, Akram N, Romero T, Tan ZS. PMID: 33714024; PMCID: PMC8084597.

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Ger Geriatrics Nur Nursing
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Early-but Not Late-Onset Hypertension Is Related to Midlife Cognitive Function. Hypertension. 2021 03 03; 77(3):972-979. Suvila K, Lima JAC, Yano Y, Tan ZS, Cheng S, Niiranen TJ. PMID: 33461314; PMCID: PMC7878356.

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Vas Vascular Diseases
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D-CARE: The Dementia Care Study: Design of a Pragmatic Trial of the Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness of Health System-Based Versus Community-Based Dementia Care Versus Usual Dementia Care. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 11; 68(11):2492-2499. Reuben DB, Gill TM, Stevens A, Williamson J, Volpi E, Lichtenstein M, Jennings LA, Tan Z, Evertson L, Bass D, Weitzman L, Carnie M, Wilson N, Araujo K, Charpentier P, Meng C, Greene EJ, Dziura J, Liu J, Unger E, Yang M, Currie K, Lenoir KM, Green AS, Abraham S, Vernon A, Samper-Ternent R, Raji M, Hirst RM, Galloway R, Finney GR, Ladd I, Rahm AK, Borek P, Peduzzi P. PMID: 32949145; PMCID: PMC8086629.

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Ger Geriatrics
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Dementia and Falls Management in Underserved Populations: The Cognition and Mobility Care Management Program. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 01; 69(1):210-215. Tan ZS, Hamade W, Menkin J, de Pacheco RG, Gans D, Weintraub N, Garcia M, Guerrero LR, Reuben DB. PMID: 32978784.

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Competency-based training for in-home supportive services providers of consumers with ADRD. Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2020 Jan-Mar; 41(1):121-132. Guerrero LR, Eldridge C, Tan ZS. PMID: 31451093.

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Edu Education Ger Geriatrics
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Patient and Caregiver Benefit From a Comprehensive Dementia Care Program: 1-Year Results From the UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Program. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 11; 67(11):2267-2273. Reuben DB, Tan ZS, Romero T, Wenger NS, Keeler E, Jennings LA. PMID: 31355423; PMCID: PMC6861615.

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Ger Geriatrics
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Impact of an Intensive Dementia Caregiver Training Model on Knowledge and Self-Competence: The Improving Caregiving for Dementia Program. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 06; 67(6):1306-1309. Tan ZS, Soh M, Knott A, Ramirez K, Ercoli L, Caceres N, Yuan S, Long M, Jennings LA. PMID: 30801666.

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Ger Geriatrics
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Health Care Utilization and Cost Outcomes of a Comprehensive Dementia Care Program for Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 02 01; 179(2):161-166. Jennings LA, Laffan AM, Schlissel AC, Colligan E, Tan Z, Wenger NS, Reuben DB. PMID: 30575846; PMCID: PMC6439653.

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Int Internal Medicine
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Training for In-Home Supportive Services Caregivers in an Underserved Area. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2019; 30(2):739-748. Guerrero LR, Shim A, Gans D, Schickedanz HB, Tan ZS. PMID: 31130548.

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Hea Health Services
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Geriatric Workforce Development for the Underserved: Using RCQI Methodology to Evaluate the Training of IHSS Caregivers. J Appl Gerontol. 2020 07; 39(7):770-777. Guerrero LR, Richter Lagha R, Shim A, Gans D, Schickedanz H, Shiner L, Tan Z. PMID: 29865902.

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Acq Acquired Immunodeficiency Synd Ger Geriatrics
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Physical Activity, Brain Volume, and Dementia Risk: The Framingham Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2017 Jun 01; 72(6):789-795. Tan ZS, Spartano NL, Beiser AS, DeCarli C, Auerbach SH, Vasan RS, Seshadri S. PMID: 27422439; PMCID: PMC6075525.

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Ger Geriatrics
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An Automated Approach to Identifying Patients with Dementia Using Electronic Medical Records. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 03; 65(3):658-659. Reuben DB, Hackbarth AS, Wenger NS, Tan ZS, Jennings LA. PMID: 28152164.

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Ger Geriatrics
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The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline on the Use of Antipsychotics to Treat Agitation or Psychosis in Patients With Dementia. Focus (Am Psychiatr Publ). 2017 Jan; 15(1):81-84. Reus VI, Fochtmann LJ, Eyler AE, Hilty DM, Horvitz-Lennon M, Jibson MD, Lopez OL, Mahoney J, Pasic J, Tan ZS, Wills CD, Rhoads R, Yager J. PMID: 31997967; PMCID: PMC6519629.

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Team-Based Interprofessional Competency Training for Dementia Screening and Management. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 01; 65(1):207-211. Tan ZS, Damron-Rodriguez J, Cadogan M, Gans D, Price RM, Merkin SS, Jennings L, Schickedanz H, Shimomura S, Osterweil D, Chodosh J. PMID: 27902840.

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Ger Geriatrics
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Association of Physical Function with Clinical and Subclinical Brain Disease: The Framingham Offspring Study. J Alzheimers Dis. 2016 07 14; 53(4):1597-608. Camargo EC, Weinstein G, Beiser AS, Tan ZS, DeCarli C, Kelly-Hayes M, Kase C, Murabito JM, Seshadri S. PMID: 27540965.

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Ger Geriatrics Neu Neurology
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A Strategy for Identifying and Disseminating Best Practice Innovations in the Care of Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions or End-of-Life Care Needs. Manag Care. 2016 07; 25(7):43-48. Gans D, Ganz DA, Senelick W, Mccreath HE, Jew J, Osterweil D, Batra RA, Tan Z, Jennings LA, Reuben DB. PMID: 28121534.

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Hea Health Services Hos Hospitals
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Quality of Care Provided by a Comprehensive Dementia Care Comanagement Program. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016 08; 64(8):1724-30. Jennings LA, Tan Z, Wenger NS, Cook EA, Han W, McCreath HE, Serrano KS, Roth CP, Reuben DB. PMID: 27355394; PMCID: PMC4988879.

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Ger Geriatrics
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The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline on the Use of Antipsychotics to Treat Agitation or Psychosis in Patients With Dementia. Am J Psychiatry. 2016 05 01; 173(5):543-6. Reus VI, Fochtmann LJ, Eyler AE, Hilty DM, Horvitz-Lennon M, Jibson MD, Lopez OL, Mahoney J, Pasic J, Tan ZS, Wills CD, Rhoads R, Yager J. PMID: 27133416.

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Psy Psychiatry
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A Practice Improvement Education Program Using a Mentored Approach to Improve Nursing Facility Depression Care-Preliminary Data. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015 Nov; 63(11):2395-9. Chodosh J, Price RM, Cadogan MP, Damron-Rodriguez J, Osterweil D, Czerwinski A, Tan ZS, Merkin SS, Gans D, Frank JC. PMID: 26503548.

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Ger Geriatrics
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Unmet needs of caregivers of individuals referred to a dementia care program. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015 Feb; 63(2):282-9. Jennings LA, Reuben DB, Evertson LC, Serrano KS, Ercoli L, Grill J, Chodosh J, Tan Z, Wenger NS. PMID: 25688604; PMCID: PMC4332558.

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Ger Geriatrics
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Coordinated care management for dementia in a large academic health system. Health Aff (Millwood). 2014 Apr; 33(4):619-25. Tan ZS, Jennings L, Reuben D. PMID: 24711323; PMCID: PMC4228980.

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Hea Health Services Research Pub Public Health
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A collaborative national model to assess competencies for medical students, residents, and other healthcare practitioners in gait and falls risk evaluation. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014 Jun; 62(6):1155-60. Atkinson HH, Tan ZS, Brennan M, Granville L. PMID: 24617296.

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Ger Geriatrics
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The University of California at Los Angeles Alzheimer's and Dementia Care program for comprehensive, coordinated, patient-centered care: preliminary data. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Dec; 61(12):2214-2218. Reuben DB, Evertson LC, Wenger NS, Serrano K, Chodosh J, Ercoli L, Tan ZS. PMID: 24329821; PMCID: PMC3889469.

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Ger Geriatrics
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The limits of life. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012 Apr; 60(4):786-7. Tan ZS. PMID: 22494287.

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Red blood cell ω-3 fatty acid levels and markers of accelerated brain aging. Neurology. 2012 Feb 28; 78(9):658-64. Tan ZS, Harris WS, Beiser AS, Au R, Himali JJ, Debette S, Pikula A, Decarli C, Wolf PA, Vasan RS, Robins SJ, Seshadri S. PMID: 22371413; PMCID: PMC3286229.

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Neu Neurology
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Association of metabolic dysregulation with volumetric brain magnetic resonance imaging and cognitive markers of subclinical brain aging in middle-aged adults: the Framingham Offspring Study. Diabetes Care. 2011 Aug; 34(8):1766-70. Tan ZS, Beiser AS, Fox CS, Au R, Himali JJ, Debette S, Decarli C, Vasan RS, Wolf PA, Seshadri S. PMID: 21680719; PMCID: PMC3142014.

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End Endocrinology
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An educational intervention for providers to promote bone health in high-risk older patients. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Feb; 59(2):291-6. Simone MJ, Roberts DH, Irish JT, Neeman N, Schulze JE, Lipsitz LA, Schwartzstein R, Aronson MD, Tan ZS. PMID: 21288231.

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Ger Geriatrics
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A piece of my mind. The "right" to fall. JAMA. 2010 Jun 16; 303(23):2333-4. Tan ZS. PMID: 20551398.

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Med Medicine (General)
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The role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of delirium and dementia in older adults: a review. CNS Neurosci Ther. 2011 Oct; 17(5):506-13. Simone MJ, Tan ZS. PMID: 20553303; PMCID: PMC6493838.

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Neu Neurology The Therapeutics
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Inflammation in the Alzheimer's disease cascade: culprit or innocent bystander? Alzheimers Res Ther. 2010 Apr 12; 2(2):6. Tan ZS, Seshadri S. PMID: 20388190; PMCID: PMC2876784.

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Neu Neurology
Virtual patients in geriatric education. Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2010; 31(2):163-73. Tan ZS, Mulhausen PL, Smith SR, Ruiz JG. PMID: 20509062.

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Edu Education Ger Geriatrics
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Association of plasma leptin levels with incident Alzheimer disease and MRI measures of brain aging. JAMA. 2009 Dec 16; 302(23):2565-72. Lieb W, Beiser AS, Vasan RS, Tan ZS, Au R, Harris TB, Roubenoff R, Auerbach S, DeCarli C, Wolf PA, Seshadri S. PMID: 20009056; PMCID: PMC2838501.

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Med Medicine (General)
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Thyroid function and Alzheimer's disease. J Alzheimers Dis. 2009; 16(3):503-7. Tan ZS, Vasan RS. PMID: 19276542.

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Ger Geriatrics Neu Neurology
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Thyroid function and the risk of Alzheimer disease: the Framingham Study. Arch Intern Med. 2008 Jul 28; 168(14):1514-20. Tan ZS, Beiser A, Vasan RS, Au R, Auerbach S, Kiel DP, Wolf PA, Seshadri S. PMID: 18663163; PMCID: PMC2694610.

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Int Internal Medicine
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Inflammatory markers and the risk of Alzheimer disease: the Framingham Study. Neurology. 2007 May 29; 68(22):1902-8. Tan ZS, Beiser AS, Vasan RS, Roubenoff R, Dinarello CA, Harris TB, Benjamin EJ, Au R, Kiel DP, Wolf PA, Seshadri S. PMID: 17536046.

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Neu Neurology
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Bone mineral density and the risk of Alzheimer disease. Arch Neurol. 2005 Jan; 62(1):107-11. Tan ZS, Seshadri S, Beiser A, Zhang Y, Felson D, Hannan MT, Au R, Wolf PA, Kiel DP. PMID: 15642856.

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Neu Neurology
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Plasma total cholesterol level as a risk factor for Alzheimer disease: the Framingham Study. Arch Intern Med. 2003 May 12; 163(9):1053-7. Tan ZS, Seshadri S, Beiser A, Wilson PW, Kiel DP, Tocco M, D'Agostino RB, Wolf PA. PMID: 12742802.

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Int Internal Medicine
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