Vascular dementia: Still a debatable entity?

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 143, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 31-40

  Loeb, Carlo ^a   Meyer, John Stirling ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Diagnosis; Pathogenesis; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; HUMANS;

EID: 0030297407     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(96)00191-8     Document Type: Review

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