Binswanger's Disease is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Binswanger's Disease, or a subtype of Binswanger's Disease,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Binswanger's Disease: Introduction
Broader types of Binswanger's Disease:
Prevalance of Binswanger's Disease: rare
Patient Profile for Binswanger's Disease: Usually 60's or later.
Prognosis of Binswanger's Disease: Poor. Degenerative. Often death from stroke within 5 years.
Complications of Binswanger's Disease:
see complications of Binswanger's Disease
Prognosis of Binswanger's Disease:
Binswanger's disease is a slowly progressive condition
for which there is no cure. The disorder is often marked by strokes and
partial recovery. Patients with this disorder usually die within 5 years
after its onset.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Binswanger's Disease Information Page: NINDS)
Symptoms of Binswanger's Disease: see symptoms of Binswanger's Disease
Complications of Binswanger's Disease: see complications of Binswanger's Disease
Onset of Binswanger's Disease: 50-60 years of age
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Binswanger's Disease.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Binswanger's Disease.
Treatments for Binswanger's Disease:
see treatments for Binswanger's Disease
Research for Binswanger's Disease:
see research for Binswanger's Disease
Organs and body systems related to Binswanger's Disease include:
Main name of condition: Binswanger's Disease
Other names or spellings for Binswanger's Disease:Subcortical Arteriosclerotic Encephalopathy, SAE, Binswanger encephalopathy, multi-infarct dementia, ischemic periventricular leukoencephalopathy, Dementia multi-infarct
Progressive vascular leukoencephalopathy, Subcortical arteriosclerotic encephalopathy
Source - Diseases Database
Dementia multi-infarct, Multi-infarct dementia
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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