Alzheimer's Disease and Vascular Dementia: Some Points of Confluence

: The lack of biologic markers for Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia, the controversy regarding the definition of vascular dementia, and the new evidence of vascular risk factors for Alzheimer's disease suggest that the traditional differentiation between Alzheimer's disease a...

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Published in:Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2000-04, Vol.903 (1), p.547-552
Main Authors: AGÜERO-TORRES, HEDDA, WINBLAD, BENGT
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alzheimer Disease - diagnosis
Alzheimer Disease - epidemiology
Alzheimer Disease - physiopathology
Biomarkers
Dementia, Vascular - diagnosis
Dementia, Vascular - epidemiology
Dementia, Vascular - physiopathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Risk Factors
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Summary:: The lack of biologic markers for Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia, the controversy regarding the definition of vascular dementia, and the new evidence of vascular risk factors for Alzheimer's disease suggest that the traditional differentiation between Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia is no longer very clear. We believe that both vascular and degenerative mechanisms contribute to the development of dementia, especially in very old age. The question of whether they are two independent parallel processes or interacting pathologies needs to be clarified.
ISSN:0077-8923
1749-6632
DOI:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06412.x