Cognitive Disorders and Dementia in CKD: The Neglected Kidney-Brain Axis

Epidemiologic data suggest that individuals at all stages of CKD have a higher risk of developing cognitive disorders and dementia. This risk is generally explained by the high prevalence of both symptomatic and subclinical ischemic cerebrovascular lesions.

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