Association of Lower Extremity Peripheral Nerve Impairment and the Risk of Dementia: Bringing the Peripheral Nervous System Closer to Center.

Neurology

From the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (M.S.P.), New York, NY; Houston Methodist Hospital (G.C.R.), TX; and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY.

Published: May 2022

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