Association of Transfusion With Risks of Dementia or Alzheimer’s Disease: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Association of Transfusion With Risks of Dementia or Alzheimer’s Disease: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Purpose: The association between neurodegenerative diseases and transfusion remains to be investigated.Methods: The study population comprised 63,813 patients who underwent a blood transfusion and 63,813 propensity score-matched controls between 2000 and 2010. Data were obtained from the Taiwan Nati...

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Main Authors: Shih-Yi Lin, Wu-Huei Hsu, Cheng-Chieh Lin, Cheng-Li Lin, Hung-Chieh Yeh, Chia-Hung Kao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
transfusion
dementia
Alzheimer’s disease
cohort study
Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00571/full

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