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Vascular Dementia

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Vascular Dementia, Multi-infarct Dementia

  • Pathophysiology
  1. Dementia associated with multiple strokes
  2. Symptoms depend on infarction location
    1. Cerebral cortex
    2. Thalamus
    3. Basal Ganglia
    4. Hippocampus
  • Signs
  1. Impaired memory and altered behavior
  2. Depends on infarction distribution