Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 226, Issue 1 , Pages 19-23, 15 November 2004

Vascular factors in dementia: an overview

Department of Neurology, University of California at Davis, 4860 Y St. Suite 3700, Sacramento CA 95817, United States

Abstract 

Alzheimer's disease and cerebrovascular disease are two illnesses common to the elderly. Conventional wisdom has sought to separately describe and treat these two diseases. Accumulating evidence, however, shows that cerebrovascular risk factors may cause asymptomatic brain injury, share genetic risk with Alzheimer's disease and possibly accelerate the Alzheimer's process. Such evidence suggests that these two diseases may act additively or synergistically to cause clinical dementia. This review focuses on evolving data that support this hypothesis.

Keywords: Dementia, Alzheimer disease, Cerebrovascular disease

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PII: S0022-510X(04)00286-2

doi:10.1016/j.jns.2004.09.005

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 226, Issue 1 , Pages 19-23, 15 November 2004

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