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SUBMITTER: Vilar-Bergua A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4758557 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vilar-Bergua A A Riba-Llena I I Nafría C C Bustamante A A Llombart V V Delgado P P Montaner J J
Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 20160101 1
Vascular dementia is the second most common type of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Subcortical ischemic vascular disease refers to a form of vascular cognitive impairment characterized by the presence of diffuse white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) and multiple lacunar infarcts. These neuroimaging findings are mainly caused by cerebral small-vessel disease (cSVD) and relate to aging and cognitive impairment, but they can also be silent and highly prevalent in otherwise healthy individu ...[more]