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Will head injuries have an effect of causing alzheimers..what are some reasons ..why?
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Repeated injury can: Repeated head injury is a risk factor for alzheimer's disease and/or dementia. This is probably due to the repeated trauma causing inflammatory factors which further injure the cells. A single head injury would likely not cause this problem; it is the repeated injury that has been implicated.
Answered 5/18/2013
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