Neuropathological substrates of dementia and depression in vascular dementia, with a particular focus on cases with small infarct volumes

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 59-65

  Ballard, Clive ^a   McKeith, Ian ^b   O'Brien, John ^b   Kalaria, Rajesh ^b   Jaros, Evelyn ^b   Ince, Paul ^b   Perry, Robert ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Depression; Microinfarction; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0033994552     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017215     Document Type: Article

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