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Subcortical Lesions and Dementia: The Role of Positron Emission Tomography

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Cerebral Ischemia and Dementia

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In recent years, thanks to the help of new morphological and neurochemical tools, it has been established that subcortical lesions are present in most if not all types of dementia, and that this holds true regardless of the mechanism at play, whether degenerative, vascular, nutritional, or even traumatic.

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  1. INSERM Unité 320 and Centre Cyceron, Blvd. Henri Becquerel, B.P. 5027, F-14021, Caen, France

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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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Baron, J.C. (1991). Subcortical Lesions and Dementia: The Role of Positron Emission Tomography. 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_43

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