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Funzione endocrina e decadimento cognitivo

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La demenza è una patologia strettamente correlata all’invecchiamento che interessa circa 50 milioni di persone nel mondo, con un notevole impatto socio-economico; la malattia di Alzheimer rappresenta più del 50% dei casi. Sebbene non esistano attualmente terapie in grado di modificare significativamente la progressione di malattia, la necessità di una diagnosi precoce ha portato a un crescente interesse per i fattori di rischio modificabili, ponendo l’accento sulla complessa interazione tra sistema endocrino e funzioni cognitive.

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Gli autori Valeria Calsolaro, Alessia Maria Calabrese, Sara Rogani, Filippo Niccolai, Nadia Caraccio e Fabio Monzani dichiarano di non avere conflitti di interesse.

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Calsolaro, V., Calabrese, A.M., Rogani, S. et al. Funzione endocrina e decadimento cognitivo. L'Endocrinologo 22, 503–508 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40619-021-00975-5

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