Vascular dementia

Introduction: Vascular dementia

Description of Vascular dementia

Vascular dementia: a steplike deterioration in intellectual functions with focal neurologic signs, as the result of multiple infarctions of the cerebral hemispheres. SYN: multi-infarct dementia.
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Vascular dementia: dementia, due to significant cerebrovascular disease, with a stepwise deteriorating course and a 'patchy' distribution of neurologic deficits.
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Vascular dementia: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Vascular dementia:

• Vascular
• Dementia (391 causes)

Terms associated with Vascular dementia:

Terms Similar to Vascular dementia:

• Multi-infarct dementia

Source: Diseases Database

Hierarchical classifications of Vascular dementia

The following list attempts to classify Vascular dementia into categories where each line is subset of the next.

Disease Ontology - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• Dementias
• ORGANIC PSYCHOTIC CONDITIONS
• Unspecified psychosis
• MENTAL DISORDERS
• DISEASES AND INJURIES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

Disease Ontology - OBO - Hierarchy 2

• Dementia
• NEUROTIC DISORDERS, PERSONALITY DISORDERS, AND OTHER NONPSYCHOTIC MENTAL DISORDERS
• MENTAL DISORDERS
• DISEASES AND INJURIES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

External links related to: Vascular dementia

• Aspirin for vascular dementia (Cochrane Review)
• Multi-infarct Dementia
• eMedicine - Vascular Dementia : Article by Kannayiram Alagiakrishnan, MD
• eMedicine - Multi-infarct Dementia : Article by Giovanni d'Avossa, MD
• Multi-Infarct Dementia Information Page: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
• Donepezil for vascular cognitive impairment (Cochrane Review)

Source: Diseases Database

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