Clinical overdiagnosis of vascular dementia versus necropsy confirmed series.
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Clinical Forms of Vascular Dementia
The presence of vascular dementia (VaD) is largely unrecognized and untreated in the elderly (1,2). The typical history is that of an elderly parent or grandparent who fails to regain the previous level of function and independence after a stroke. More often, in the absence of the heralding stroke symptoms, the family notices that the patient has become depressed and apathetic, exhibits persona...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.62.6.677