Adults aged 50 and older who received any form of shingles vaccine had a lower rate of dementia diagnosis over three and five years compared to those who received the pneumococcal vaccine, though...

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Recombinant zoster vaccine and reduced risk of dementia: matched‐cohort study using large‐scale electronic health records and machine learning methodology

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Recombinant zoster vaccine and reduced risk of dementia: matched‐cohort study using large‐scale electronic health records and machine learning methodology

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DOI: 10.1002/alz.088064