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Accuracy of the Antemortem Diagnosis and Neuropathological Features of Multi-Infarct Dementia

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Cerebral Ischemia and Dementia

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Multi-infarct dementia (MID), a syndrome due to multiple brain infarcts, is the second most common cause of dementia. It is difficult to diagnose correctly during life as evidenced by the low accuracy of clinical diagnosis as verified postmortem (for review see [1]). In addition, the neuropathological features of MID have been even less well characterized.

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  1. Departments of Neurology and Pathology, University of Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 4, FL-00250, Helsinki, Finland

    T. Erkinjuntti, M. Haltia, J. Palo, R. Sulkava & A. Paetau

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  1. Neurologische Universitätsklinik, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, W-5300, Bonn 1, Germany

    Alexander Hartmann

  2. Physiologisches Institut der Universität, Im Neuenheimer Feld 326, W-6900, Heidelberg, Germany

    Wolfgang Kuschinsky

  3. Abt. für Pathochemie und Allg. Neurochemie, Pathologisches Institut der Universität, Im Neuenheimer Feld 220-221, W-6900, Heidelberg, Germany

    Siegfried Hoyer

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Erkinjuntti, T., Haltia, M., Palo, J., Sulkava, R., Paetau, A. (1991). Accuracy of the Antemortem Diagnosis and Neuropathological Features of Multi-Infarct Dementia. In: Hartmann, A., Kuschinsky, W., Hoyer, S. (eds) Cerebral Ischemia and Dementia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76208-6_45

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