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The Cognitive Profile of Vascular Dementia

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Vascular Dementia

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Abstract

Vascular dementia (VaD) refers to cognitive impairment secondary to compromise of cerebral perfusion. Although some reports document dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) as the second most prevalent neurodegenerative cause after Alzheimer’s disease (AD) (1), others suggest that VaD is the second leading cause of dementia in North America (2). VaD has been estimated to account for 15–25% of cognitive impairment among the elderly (3). Interestingly, the extant literature has not emphasized descriptions of the cognitive profile of VaD in the same way it has for AD.

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Jefferson, A.L., Brickman, A.M., Aloia, M.S., Paul, R.H. (2005). The Cognitive Profile of Vascular Dementia. In: Paul, R.H., Cohen, R., Ott, B.R., Salloway, S. (eds) Vascular Dementia. Current Clinical Neurology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-824-2:131

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