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October 17, 2017; 89 (16) Article

Serum magnesium is associated with the risk of dementia

Brenda C.T. Kieboom, Silvan Licher, Frank J. Wolters, M. Kamran Ikram, Ewout J. Hoorn, Robert Zietse, Bruno H. Stricker, M. Arfan Ikram
First published September 20, 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000004517
Brenda C.T. Kieboom
From the Departments of Epidemiology (B.C.T.K., S.L., F.J.W., M.K.I., B.H.S., M.A.I.), Internal Medicine (B.C.T.K., E.J.H., R.Z., B.H.S.), and Neurology (S.L., F.J.W., M.K.I.), Erasmus MC–University Medical Center Rotterdam; and Inspectorate of Health Care (B.C.T.K., B.H.S.), Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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Silvan Licher
From the Departments of Epidemiology (B.C.T.K., S.L., F.J.W., M.K.I., B.H.S., M.A.I.), Internal Medicine (B.C.T.K., E.J.H., R.Z., B.H.S.), and Neurology (S.L., F.J.W., M.K.I.), Erasmus MC–University Medical Center Rotterdam; and Inspectorate of Health Care (B.C.T.K., B.H.S.), Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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Frank J. Wolters
From the Departments of Epidemiology (B.C.T.K., S.L., F.J.W., M.K.I., B.H.S., M.A.I.), Internal Medicine (B.C.T.K., E.J.H., R.Z., B.H.S.), and Neurology (S.L., F.J.W., M.K.I.), Erasmus MC–University Medical Center Rotterdam; and Inspectorate of Health Care (B.C.T.K., B.H.S.), Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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M. Kamran Ikram
From the Departments of Epidemiology (B.C.T.K., S.L., F.J.W., M.K.I., B.H.S., M.A.I.), Internal Medicine (B.C.T.K., E.J.H., R.Z., B.H.S.), and Neurology (S.L., F.J.W., M.K.I.), Erasmus MC–University Medical Center Rotterdam; and Inspectorate of Health Care (B.C.T.K., B.H.S.), Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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Ewout J. Hoorn
From the Departments of Epidemiology (B.C.T.K., S.L., F.J.W., M.K.I., B.H.S., M.A.I.), Internal Medicine (B.C.T.K., E.J.H., R.Z., B.H.S.), and Neurology (S.L., F.J.W., M.K.I.), Erasmus MC–University Medical Center Rotterdam; and Inspectorate of Health Care (B.C.T.K., B.H.S.), Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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Robert Zietse
From the Departments of Epidemiology (B.C.T.K., S.L., F.J.W., M.K.I., B.H.S., M.A.I.), Internal Medicine (B.C.T.K., E.J.H., R.Z., B.H.S.), and Neurology (S.L., F.J.W., M.K.I.), Erasmus MC–University Medical Center Rotterdam; and Inspectorate of Health Care (B.C.T.K., B.H.S.), Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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Bruno H. Stricker
From the Departments of Epidemiology (B.C.T.K., S.L., F.J.W., M.K.I., B.H.S., M.A.I.), Internal Medicine (B.C.T.K., E.J.H., R.Z., B.H.S.), and Neurology (S.L., F.J.W., M.K.I.), Erasmus MC–University Medical Center Rotterdam; and Inspectorate of Health Care (B.C.T.K., B.H.S.), Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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M. Arfan Ikram
From the Departments of Epidemiology (B.C.T.K., S.L., F.J.W., M.K.I., B.H.S., M.A.I.), Internal Medicine (B.C.T.K., E.J.H., R.Z., B.H.S.), and Neurology (S.L., F.J.W., M.K.I.), Erasmus MC–University Medical Center Rotterdam; and Inspectorate of Health Care (B.C.T.K., B.H.S.), Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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Serum magnesium is associated with the risk of dementia
Brenda C.T. Kieboom, Silvan Licher, Frank J. Wolters, M. Kamran Ikram, Ewout J. Hoorn, Robert Zietse, Bruno H. Stricker, M. Arfan Ikram
Neurology Oct 2017, 89 (16) 1716-1722; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000004517

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