Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in patients with pure vascular dementia (VaD) and mixed dementia (MD) from a memory outpatient clinic in Southeast Brazil

Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in patients with pure vascular dementia (VaD) and mixed dementia (MD) from a memory outpatient clinic in Southeast Brazil

ABSTRACT Vascular Dementia (VaD) and Vascular Cognitive Impairment (VCI) are increasingly common worldwide. Nevertheless, the clinical-neuropsychiatric profile of these patients at presentation is still poorly characterized in developing countries. Objective: We aimed to characterize the prevalence...

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Main Authors: José Ibiapina Siqueira-Neto, Octávio Marques Pontes-Neto, Francisco de Assis Carvalho do Vale, Júnia Vieira dos Santos, Paulo Marcelo Gondim Sales, Antônio Carlos Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
Subjects:
vascular dementia
neuropsychiatric symptoms
vascular risk factors
developing countries.
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