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Peripheral (deep) but not periventricular MRI white matter hyperintensities are increased in clinical vascular dementia compared to Alzheimer's disease

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Vascular dementia (VAD) is a complex diagnosis at times difficult to distinguish from Alzheimer's disease (AD). MRI scans often show white matter hyperintensities (WMH) in both conditions. WMH increase with age, and both VAD and AD are associated with aging, thus present...

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Autores principales: Smith, Charles D., Johnson, Eleanor S., Van Eldik, Linda J., Jicha, Gregory A., Schmitt, Frederick A., Nelson, Peter T., Kryscio, Richard J., Murphy, Ronan R., Wellnitz, Clinton V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4754499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26925303
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/brb3.438