Dementia due to vascular disease--a multifactorial disorder.
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This review was undertaken to evaluate critically the literature pertaining to vascular dementia with the objective of determining a more useful and scientifically supported definition of vascular dementia, its relation to other causes of dementia, and the biologic mechanisms involved in its causation.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Stroke
دوره 19 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1988