Diagnosis of vascular cognitive impairment and its main categories
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Diagnosis of vascular cognitive impairment and its main categories.
OBJECTIVE A review of current criteria for the diagnosis of categories related with vascular cognitive impairment, in particular the nomenclature, diagnostic criteria, and differential clinical-radiological findings. DEVELOPMENT The criteria for the diagnosis of vascular cognitive impairment have evolved, but available criteria were designed basically for differentiating between vascular deme...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurología (English Edition)
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2173-5808
DOI: 10.1016/j.nrleng.2011.12.013