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Editorial
. 2008 Jan 5;336(7634):6.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39386.664016.BE.

Diabetes, cognitive impairment, and dementia

Mark W J Strachan, Jacqueline F Price, Brian M Frier
Editorial

Diabetes, cognitive impairment, and dementia

Mark W J Strachan et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Are strongly linked, but the precise mechanisms are unclear

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: All authors are grant holders for the ET2DS, a substudy of which is supported by Pfizer. MWJS has received consultancy fees, fees for speaking, and reimbursement for attending a symposium from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), manufacturers of rosiglitazone. MWJS also sits on a GSK independent data monitoring committee. MWJS has received funds to support staff members from other companies that make drugs for diabetes—Takeda, Pfizer, and Sanofi Aventis. JFP has received research funding from Bayer Healthcare. BMF has received research funding, consultancy fees, and honorariums for lectures from Eli Lilly, Takeda, GSK, Sanofi-Aventis, and Novo Nordisk.

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