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Alzheimer’s patients exhibit changes in blood lipids typical of premature ageing


Alzheimer's disease: patients exhibit changes in certain blood lipids that are typical of premature ageing.
Credit: Medical University of Vienna The neurodegenerative condition Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia.
They were able to show that normal, age-related changes in blood levels also occurred in the Alzheimer's patients but to a significantly greater extent.
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Alterations in the Plasma Levels of Specific Choline Phospholipids in Alzheimer's Disease Mimic Accelerated Aging, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (2018).