Vasudevan Ramachandran, Nur Afiqah Mohamad, Mohd Nazil Salleh, Wan Aliaa Wan Sulaiman, Liyana Najwa Inche Mat, Mohd Hazmi Mohamed, Ching Siew Mooi, Abdul Hanif Khan Yusof Khan, Hamidon Basri, Pannerselvam Periasamy, Vajiravelu Suganthi, Narenkumar Jayaraman
INTRODUCTION: Vascular dementia (VaD), a neurocognitive impairment directly related to vascular injury, is the second most common cause of age-related dementia. Although numerous studies have investigated candidate genetic polymorphisms associated with VaD in Asia, the genetics of VaD remains unclear. METHODS: This review provides an updated meta-analysis of genetic polymorphisms associated with VaD in Asians, using the PRISMA guidelines. Published literature up to May 2021 was extracted from the PubMed, Scopus, Ovid, and EBSCO host databases...
April 18, 2024: Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders