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SUBMITTER: Palesi F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5996902 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Palesi Fulvia F De Rinaldis Andrea A Vitali Paolo P Castellazzi Gloria G Casiraghi Letizia L Germani Giancarlo G Bernini Sara S Anzalone Nicoletta N Ramusino Matteo Cotta MC Denaro Federica M FM Sinforiani Elena E Costa Alfredo A Magenes Giovanni G D'Angelo Egidio E Gandini Wheeler-Kingshott Claudia A M CAM Micieli Giuseppe G
Frontiers in neuroscience 20180425
Alzheimer disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD) together represent the majority of dementia cases. Since their neuropsychological profiles often overlap and white matter lesions are observed in elderly subjects including AD, differentiating between VaD and AD can be difficult. Characterization of these different forms of dementia would benefit by identification of quantitative imaging biomarkers specifically sensitive to AD or VaD. Parameters of microstructural abnormalities derived from diff ...[more]