Vascular dementia: current concepts and nomenclature harmonization
ABSTRACT 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 lesions and suggest modifications to allow better diagnostic reproducibility in this field
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Academia Brasileira de Neurologia, Departamento de Neurologia Cognitiva e Envelhecimento
2012
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642012000300122 |
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