A comparison of psychiatric symptoms in vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease
American Journal of PsychiatryPublished 1 December 1993
David L. Sultzer, H S Levin, Michael E. Mahler, Walter M. High, Jeffrey L. Cummings
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Patients with vascular dementia have more severe behavioral retardation, depression, and anxiety than those with Alzheimer's disease when the groups have similar levels of cognitive impairment, probably reflects the contrasting brain regions typically involved in the two disorders.
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Patients with vascular dementia have more severe behavioral retardation, depression, and anxiety than those with Alzheimer's disease when the groups have similar levels of cognitive impairment. This probably reflects the contrasting brain regions typically involved in the two disorders.
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