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Vascular dementia: diagnosis, management and possible prevention
Author(s) -
Sachdev Perminder S,
Brodaty Henry,
Looi Jeffrey CL
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb126889.x
Subject(s) - dementia , vascular dementia , intensive care medicine , medicine , intervention (counseling) , pathology , psychiatry , disease
There has been a recent upsurge of interest in the clinical features of and risk factors for vascular dementia, and consensus is emerging on its diagnostic characteristics. We discuss these features and risk factors and the main intervention strategies, both for treatment and prevention.