Vascular Dementia: Current Considerations
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Vascular dementia: Current concepts and nomenclature harmonization
Several types of cerebrovascular lesions are associated with cognitive decline, but the role of each type in dementia manifestation has yet to be determined. One of the greatest barriers of conducting clinicopathological studies in vascular dementia concerns the overlapping of nomenclature for these lesions. The aim of the present review was to discuss current nomenclature for cerebrovascular l...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: MOJ Gerontology & Geriatrics
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2574-8130
DOI: 10.15406/mojgg.2017.02.00068