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Long Term Clinical Observation of Multi Infarct Dementia

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Since several years multi-infarct disease has been recognized as a special form of cerebrovascular disease (CVD) which may lead to dementia of the vascular type (multi-infarct-dementia). Diagnosis of multi-infarct dementia (MID) is based on various parameters such as computerized tomography (CT), measurements of regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF), evaluation of vascular risk factors (RF) and neuropsychological rating scales.

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  1. Department for Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 22, A-8036, Graz, Austria

    Helmut Lechner, Götz Bertha & Erwin Ott

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  1. Académie de Paris, Université René Descartes, Paris, France

    P. Pichot

  2. University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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Lechner, H., Bertha, G., Ott, E. (1985). Long Term Clinical Observation of Multi Infarct Dementia. In: Pichot, P., Berner, P., Wolf, R., Thau, K. (eds) Biological Psychiatry, Higher Nervous Activity. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8329-1_99

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