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Focus, 2015 Vascular dementia is one of the most common causes of dementia after Alzheimer's disease, causing around 15% of cases. However, unlike Alzheimer's disease, there are no licensed treatments for vascular dementia.
O'Brien, John T, Thomas, Alan
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Practical Neurology, 2003 Vascular dementia is one of the most frequently occurring dementia syndromes. Its prevalence is about 5% among subjects above 85 years of age. Elevated blood pressure and atherosclerosis are the most important risk factors. According to international criteria, vascular dementia usually occurs within three months after having a stroke.
F E, de Leeuw, J, van Gijn
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Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 2012 The epidemic growth of dementia causes great concern for the society. It is customary to consider Alzheimer's disease (AD) as the most common cause of dementia, followed by vascular dementia (VaD). This dichotomous view of a neurodegenerative disease as opposed to brain damage caused by extrinsic factors led to separate lines of research in these two ...
Amos D, Korczyn +2 more
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Intravitreal Anti-VEGF Drugs and Signals of Dementia and Parkinson-Like Events: Analysis of the VigiBase Database of Spontaneous Reports [PDF]
, 2020 Introduction: Since vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) regulates several aspects of the central nervous system, particularly in dopaminergic neurons, VEGF inhibitors may be linked to Parkinson-like events and dementia, or variants of these ...
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Sleep and Wakefulness Disorders in Vascular Cognitive Impairment
Анналы клинической и экспериментальной неврологии, 2020 Dementia is a pathology that leads to disability and significantly affects the quality of life of patients and their relatives. The study and development of treatment methods for dementia is a priority in medicine, given the rate of growth in the number ...
Tatyana B. Merkulova +2 more
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Alois Alzheimer and vascular brain disease: Arteriosclerotic atrophy of the brain. [PDF]
, 2015 Alois Alzheimer is best known for his description of neurofibrillary changes in brain neurons of a demented patient, identifying a novel disease, soon named after him by Kraepelin.
Engelhardt, Eliasz, Grinberg, Lea T
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Current Translational Geriatrics and Experimental Gerontology Reports, 2013 The purpose of this review is to highlight existing literature on the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and novel risk factors for vascular dementia. We further examine the evidence linking chronic brain hypoperfusion induced by a variety of cardiovascular diseases to the development of vascular dementia.
Alberto R, Ramos +2 more
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What Can Quantitative Gait Analysis Tell Us about Dementia and Its Subtypes? A Structured Review [PDF]
, 2017 Distinguishing dementia subtypes can be difficult due to similarities in clinical presentation. There is increasing interest in discrete gait characteristics as markers to aid diagnostic algorithms in dementia.
Galna, Brook +5 more
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Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy, 2023 Background The relationship of glucosamine use with incident dementia in the older population remains uncertain. We aimed to evaluate the longitudinal association between habitual glucosamine supplement and the risk of cause-specific dementia and examine
Chun Zhou +8 more
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Factors related to the quality of life in family carers of people with dementia: a meta- analysis [PDF]
, 2021 Objectives: This meta-analysis aimed to (1) quantitatively synthesize evidence of factors related to the quality of life (QoL) of family carers of people with dementia and (2) explore moderating factors that may influence the strength of the relationship
Contreras, Milena +2 more
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